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H.B. 177 Mortgage Lending Amendments

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Bill Sponsor: Rep. Stanard, Jon E.

Floor Sponsor: Sen. Jackson, Alvin B.

• Substitute Sponsor: Rep. Stanard, Jon E.

• Drafting Attorney: Patricia Owen
• Fiscal Analyst: Andrea Wilko

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  • Last Action: 21 Mar 2016, Governor Signed
  • Last Location: Lieutenant Governor's office for filing
  • Effective Date: 10 May 2016
  • Session Law Chapter: 106

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H.B. 177

1     MORTGAGE LENDING AMENDMENTS
2     2016 GENERAL SESSION
3     STATE OF UTAH
4     Chief Sponsor: Jon E. Stanard
5     Senate Sponsor: Alvin B. Jackson
6     

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7     LONG TITLE
8     General Description:
9          This bill modifies provisions that address mortgage lending.
10     Highlighted Provisions:
11          This bill:
12          ▸     defines terms;
13          ▸     addresses the application of the Mortgage Lending and Servicing Act to mortgage
14     lenders; and
15          ▸     makes technical changes.
16     Money Appropriated in this Bill:
17          None
18     Other Special Clauses:
19          None
20     Utah Code Sections Affected:
21     AMENDS:
22          70D-2-102, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 284
23          70D-2-201, as last amended by Laws of Utah 2015, Chapter 284
24     

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25     Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
26          Section 1. Section 70D-2-102 is amended to read:
27          70D-2-102. Definitions.
28          As used in this chapter:
29          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), "broker" means a person who in the

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30     regular course of business assists a person in obtaining a mortgage loan for a fee or other
31     consideration paid directly or indirectly.
32          (b) "Broker" does not include a person solely because of the person's:
33          (i) real estate brokerage activities; or
34          (ii) activities as an attorney licensed to practice law in this state who, in the course of
35     the attorney's practice as an attorney, assists a person in obtaining a mortgage loan.
36          (2) "Business as a lender, broker, or servicer" means a person who engages in an act for
37     compensation or in the expectation of compensation that makes the person a lender, broker, or
38     servicer.
39          (3) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (3)[(b)](c), "lender" means a person who in
40     the regular course of business originates a loan secured by a mortgage.
41          (b) "Lender" includes a mortgage lender.
42          [(b)] (c) "Lender" does not include a person who:
43          (i) as a seller only receives one or more mortgages as security for a purchase money
44     obligation; or
45          (ii) only receives a mortgage as security for an obligation:
46          (A) payable on an installment or deferred payment basis; and
47          (B) arising out of materials furnished or services rendered in the improvement of real
48     property.
49          (4) "Manufactured home" means a transportable factory built housing unit that:
50          (a) is constructed:
51          (i) on or after June 15, 1976, according to the National Manufactured Housing
52     Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974; and
53          (ii) in one or more sections, which:
54          (A) in the traveling mode, is eight body feet or more in width or 40 body feet or more
55     in length; or
56          (B) when erected on site, is 400 or more square feet;
57          (b) is built on a permanent chassis;

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58          (c) is designed to be used as a dwelling with or without a permanent foundation when
59     connected to the required utilities; and
60          (d) includes the plumbing, heating, air-conditioning, and electrical systems.
61          (5) "Mobile home" means a transportable factory built housing unit built before June
62     15, 1976, in accordance with a state mobile home code that existed before the National
63     Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974.
64          (6) "Modular home" means a modular unit as defined in Section 15A-1-302.
65          (7) "Mortgage lender" means an entity that performs each of the following related to
66     originating a mortgage loan:
67          (a) taking and processing an application;
68          (b) providing a required disclosure;
69          (c) in some circumstances, underwriting the mortgage loan and making the final credit
70     approval decision;
71          (d) closing the mortgage loan in its name;
72          (e) funding the mortgage loan; and
73          (f) selling the mortgage loan to an investor.
74          [(7)] (8) "Nationwide database" means the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and
75     Registry, authorized under 12 U.S.C. Sec. 5101 for federal licensing of mortgage loan
76     originators.
77          [(8)] (9) "Permanently affixed" means anchored to, and supported by, a permanent
78     foundation or installed in accordance with the manufactured housing installation standard code
79     referred to in Section 15A-1-202.
80          [(9)] (10) "Servicer" means a person who in the regular course of business assumes
81     responsibility for servicing and accepting payments for a mortgage loan.
82          Section 2. Section 70D-2-201 is amended to read:
83          70D-2-201. Registration -- Exemptions.
84          (1) (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a person may not engage in business as a
85     lender, broker, or servicer in this state before the day on which the person:

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86          (i) provides evidence satisfactory to the commissioner that the person is registered with
87     the nationwide database; and
88          (ii) pays a fee required by Section 70D-2-203.
89          (b) The commissioner may by rule, made in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3,
90     Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, provide for the transition of persons registering with the
91     nationwide database.
92          (2) The following persons are exempt from this part, except for a reimbursement or fee
93     described in Subsection 70D-2-203(2):
94          (a) a federally insured depository institution;
95          (b) a wholly owned subsidiary of a depository institution described in Subsection
96     (2)(a); and
97          (c) a person who:
98          (i) is required to be licensed with the Division of Real Estate pursuant to Title 61,
99     Chapter 2c, Utah Residential Mortgage Practices and Licensing Act; and
100          (ii) is not a:
101          (A) servicer[.]; or
102          (B) mortgage lender.
103          (3) A mortgage lender who is required to be registered under this chapter is not exempt
104     from Title 61, Chapter 2c, Utah Residential Mortgage Practices and Licensing Act.