Full Text of HB5935 100th General Assembly
HB5935 100TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2017 and 2018 HB5935 Introduced , by Rep. Jeanne M Ives SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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215 ILCS 155/21 | from Ch. 73, par. 1421 |
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Amends the Title Insurance Act. Provides that the Secretary of Financial and Professional Regulation may refuse to grant and may suspend or revoke a certificate of authority, registration, or license issued under the Act or impose a fine if the Secretary determines that the holder of or applicant for
a certificate of authority, registration, or license is both a holder of a registration as a title insurance agent and an attorney and has acted as
the attorney for any party to a real property transaction in which the person has also acted as a registered title insurance agent. Effective immediately.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Title Insurance Act is amended by changing | 5 | | Section 21 as follows:
| 6 | | (215 ILCS 155/21) (from Ch. 73, par. 1421)
| 7 | | Sec. 21. Regulatory action.
| 8 | | (a) The Secretary may refuse to grant, and may suspend or
| 9 | | revoke, any certificate of authority, registration,
or license | 10 | | issued
pursuant to this Act or may impose a fine for a | 11 | | violation of this Act if he determines that the holder of or | 12 | | applicant for
such certificate, registration or license:
| 13 | | (1) has intentionally made a material misstatement or | 14 | | fraudulent
misrepresentation in relation to a matter | 15 | | covered by this Act;
| 16 | | (2) has misappropriated or tortiously converted to its | 17 | | own use, or
illegally withheld, monies held in a fiduciary | 18 | | capacity;
| 19 | | (3) has demonstrated untrustworthiness or incompetency | 20 | | in transacting
the business of guaranteeing titles to real | 21 | | estate in such a manner as to
endanger the public;
| 22 | | (4) has materially misrepresented the terms or | 23 | | conditions of contracts
or agreements to which it is a |
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| 1 | | party;
| 2 | | (5) has paid any commissions, discounts or any part of | 3 | | its premiums,
fees or other charges to any person in | 4 | | violation of any State or federal
law or regulations or | 5 | | opinion letters issued under the federal Real Estate
| 6 | | Settlement Procedures Act of 1974;
| 7 | | (6) has failed to comply with the deposit and reserve | 8 | | requirements of
this Act or any other requirements of this | 9 | | Act; | 10 | | (7) has committed fraud or misrepresentation in | 11 | | applying for or procuring any certificate of authority, | 12 | | registration, or license issued pursuant to this Act; | 13 | | (8) has a conviction or plea of guilty or plea of nolo | 14 | | contendere in this State or any other jurisdiction to (i) | 15 | | any felony or (ii) a misdemeanor, an essential element of | 16 | | which is dishonesty or fraud or larceny, embezzlement, or | 17 | | obtaining money, property, or credit by false pretenses or | 18 | | by means of a confidence game; | 19 | | (9) has been disciplined by another state, the District | 20 | | of Columbia, a territory, foreign nation, a governmental | 21 | | agency, or any entity authorized to impose discipline if at | 22 | | least one of the grounds for that discipline is the same as | 23 | | or equivalent to one of the grounds for which a title | 24 | | insurance company, title insurance agent, or independent | 25 | | escrowee may be disciplined under this Act or if at least | 26 | | one of the grounds for that discipline involves dishonesty; |
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| 1 | | a certified copy of the record of the action by the other | 2 | | state or jurisdiction shall be prima facie evidence | 3 | | thereof; | 4 | | (10) has advertising that is inaccurate, misleading, | 5 | | or contrary to the provisions of this Act; | 6 | | (11) has knowingly and willfully made any substantial | 7 | | misrepresentation or untruthful advertising; | 8 | | (12) has made any false promises of a character likely | 9 | | to influence, persuade, or induce; | 10 | | (13) has knowingly failed to account for or remit any | 11 | | money or documents coming into the possession of a title | 12 | | insurance company, title insurance agent, or independent | 13 | | escrowee that belong to others; | 14 | | (14) has engaged in dishonorable, unethical, or | 15 | | unprofessional conduct of a character likely to deceive, | 16 | | defraud, or harm the public; | 17 | | (15) has violated the terms of a disciplinary order | 18 | | issued by the Department; | 19 | | (16) has disregarded or violated any provision of this | 20 | | Act or the published rules adopted by the Department to | 21 | | enforce this Act or has aided or abetted any individual, | 22 | | partnership, registered limited liability partnership, | 23 | | limited liability company, or corporation in disregarding | 24 | | any provision of this Act or the published rules; or | 25 | | (17) has acted as a title insurance company, title | 26 | | insurance agent, or independent escrowee without a |
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| 1 | | certificate of authority, registration, or license after | 2 | | the title insurance company, title insurance agent, or | 3 | | independent escrowee's certificate of authority, | 4 | | registration, or license was inoperative ; or .
| 5 | | (18) is both a holder of a registration as a title | 6 | | insurance agent and an attorney and has acted as
the | 7 | | attorney for any party to a real property transaction in | 8 | | which the person has also acted as a registered title | 9 | | insurance agent. | 10 | | (b) In every case where a registration or certificate is | 11 | | suspended or
revoked, or an application for a registration or | 12 | | certificate or renewal
thereof is refused, the Secretary shall | 13 | | serve notice of his action,
including a statement of the | 14 | | reasons for his action, as provided by this Act. When a notice | 15 | | of suspension or revocation of a certificate of authority is | 16 | | given to a title insurance company, the Secretary shall also | 17 | | notify all the registered agents of that title insurance | 18 | | company of the Secretary's action.
| 19 | | (c) In the case of a refusal to issue or renew a | 20 | | certificate or accept a
registration, the applicant or | 21 | | registrant may request in writing, within 30
days after the | 22 | | date of service, a hearing. In the case of a
refusal to renew, | 23 | | the expiring registration or certificate shall be deemed
to | 24 | | continue in force until 30 days after the service of the notice | 25 | | of
refusal to renew, or if a hearing is requested during that | 26 | | period, until a
final order is entered pursuant to such |
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| 1 | | hearing.
| 2 | | (d) The suspension or revocation of a registration or | 3 | | certificate shall
take effect upon service of notice thereof. | 4 | | The holder of any such
suspended registration or certificate | 5 | | may request in writing, within 30
days of such service, a | 6 | | hearing.
| 7 | | (e) In cases of suspension or revocation of registration | 8 | | pursuant to
subsection (a), the Secretary may, in the public | 9 | | interest, issue an order of
suspension or revocation which | 10 | | shall take effect upon service of
notification thereof. Such | 11 | | order shall become final 60 days from the date
of service | 12 | | unless the registrant requests in writing, within such 60 days,
| 13 | | a formal hearing thereon. In the event a hearing is requested, | 14 | | the order
shall remain temporary until a final order is entered | 15 | | pursuant to such hearing.
| 16 | | (f) Hearing shall be held at such time and place as may be | 17 | | designated by
the Secretary either in the City of Springfield, | 18 | | the City of Chicago, or in
the county in which the principal | 19 | | business office of the affected
registrant or certificate | 20 | | holder is located.
| 21 | | (g) The suspension or revocation of a registration or | 22 | | certificate or the
refusal to issue or renew a registration or | 23 | | certificate shall not in any
way limit or terminate the | 24 | | responsibilities of any registrant or
certificate holder | 25 | | arising under any policy or contract of title insurance
to | 26 | | which it is a party. No new contract or policy of title |
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| 1 | | insurance may
be issued, nor may any existing policy or | 2 | | contract to title insurance be
renewed by any registrant or | 3 | | certificate holder during any period of
suspension or | 4 | | revocation of a registration or certificate.
| 5 | | (h) The Secretary may issue a cease and desist order to a | 6 | | title insurance
company, agent, or other entity doing business | 7 | | without the required license or
registration, when in the | 8 | | opinion of the Secretary, the company, agent, or other
entity | 9 | | is violating or is about to violate any provision of this Act | 10 | | or any
law or of
any
rule or condition imposed in writing by | 11 | | the Department.
| 12 | | The Secretary may issue the cease and desist order without | 13 | | notice and before a
hearing.
| 14 | | The Secretary shall have the authority to prescribe rules | 15 | | for the
administration of this Section.
| 16 | | If it is determined that the Secretary had the authority to | 17 | | issue the cease
and desist order, he may issue such orders as | 18 | | may be reasonably necessary to
correct, eliminate or remedy | 19 | | such conduct.
| 20 | | Any person or company subject to an order pursuant to this | 21 | | Section is
entitled to judicial review of the order in | 22 | | accordance with the provisions of
the Administrative Review | 23 | | Law.
| 24 | | The powers vested in the Secretary by this Section are | 25 | | additional to any and
all other powers and remedies vested in | 26 | | the Secretary by law, and nothing in
this Section shall be |
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| 1 | | construed as requiring that the Secretary
shall employ the
| 2 | | powers conferred in this Section instead of or as a condition | 3 | | precedent to the
exercise of any other power or remedy vested | 4 | | in the Secretary.
| 5 | | (Source: P.A. 98-398, eff. 1-1-14.)
| 6 | | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | 7 | | becoming law.
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