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To amend sections 1109.22, 1304.55, 1321.52, and | 1 |
1322.02 and to enact sections 1321.537, 1321.538, | 2 |
1322.042, and 1322.043 of the Revised Code to | 3 |
authorize the Superintendent of Financial | 4 |
Institutions to issue a temporary mortgage loan | 5 |
originator license or temporary loan originator | 6 |
license to an out-of-state applicant who meets | 7 |
certain criteria, to make changes regarding | 8 |
derivative transactions by banks, and to make | 9 |
changes to the Uniform Commercial Funds Transfers | 10 |
law regarding remittance transfers. | 11 |
Section 1. That sections 1109.22, 1304.55, 1321.52, and | 12 |
1322.02 be amended and sections 1321.537, 1321.538, 1322.042, and | 13 |
1322.043 of the Revised Code be enacted to read as follows: | 14 |
Sec. 1109.22. (A) As used in this section: | 15 |
(1) "Derivative transaction" includes any transaction that is | 16 |
a contract, agreement, swap, warrant, note, or option that is | 17 |
based, in whole or in part, on the value of, any interest in, or | 18 |
any quantitative measure or the occurrence of any event relating | 19 |
to, one or more commodities, securities, currencies, interest or | 20 |
other rates, indices, or other assets. | 21 |
(2) "Loans and extensions of credit" shall include all of the | 22 |
following: | 23 |
(a) All direct or indirect advances of funds made on the | 24 |
basis of any obligation of a person to repay the funds or | 25 |
repayable from specific property pledged by or on behalf of the | 26 |
person | 27 |
(b) To the extent specified by the superintendent of | 28 |
financial institutions, | 29 |
advance funds to or on behalf of a person pursuant to a | 30 |
contractual commitment; | 31 |
(c) Any credit exposure to a person arising from a derivative | 32 |
transaction between the person and a bank. | 33 |
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partnership; joint venture; association; trust; estate; business | 35 |
trust; corporation; government; agency, instrumentality, or | 36 |
political subdivision of a government; limited liability company; | 37 |
or any similar entity or organization. | 38 |
(B) Except as provided in divisions (C), (D), (E), and (F) of | 39 |
this section: | 40 |
(1) The total loans and extensions of credit by a bank to a | 41 |
person outstanding at any one time and not fully secured, as | 42 |
determined in a manner consistent with division (B)(2) of this | 43 |
section, by collateral having a market value at least equal to the | 44 |
amount of the loans and extensions of credit to that person that | 45 |
are outstanding shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the | 46 |
unimpaired capital of the bank. | 47 |
(2) The total loans and extensions of credit by a bank to a | 48 |
person outstanding at one time and fully secured by readily | 49 |
marketable collateral having a market value, as determined by | 50 |
reliable and continuously available price quotations, at least | 51 |
equal to the amount of the loans and extensions of credit to that | 52 |
person outstanding shall not exceed ten per cent of the unimpaired | 53 |
capital of the bank. | 54 |
(3) The limitation set forth in division (B)(2) of this | 55 |
section is separate from and in addition to the limitation set | 56 |
forth in division (B)(1) of this section. | 57 |
(C) No limitation based on capital applies to loans and | 58 |
extensions of credit by a bank to a person that are any of the | 59 |
following types: | 60 |
(1) Loans or extensions of credit arising from the discount | 61 |
of commercial or business paper evidencing an obligation to the | 62 |
person negotiating it with recourse; | 63 |
(2) The purchase of bankers' acceptances of the kinds | 64 |
described in division (B) or (C) of section 1109.17 of the Revised | 65 |
Code and issued by other banks; | 66 |
(3) Loans or extensions of credit secured by bonds, notes, | 67 |
certificates of indebtedness, treasury bills of the United States, | 68 |
or other obligations fully guaranteed as to principal and interest | 69 |
by the United States; | 70 |
(4) Loans or extensions of credit to or secured by | 71 |
unconditional takeout commitments or guarantees of any department, | 72 |
agency, bureau, board, commission, or establishment of the United | 73 |
States or any corporation wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by | 74 |
the United States; | 75 |
(5) Loans or extensions of credit secured by a segregated | 76 |
deposit account in the lending bank; | 77 |
(6) Loans or extensions of credit to any financial | 78 |
institution or to any receiver, conservator, superintendent of | 79 |
financial institutions, or other agent in charge of the business | 80 |
and property of a financial institution, when the loans or | 81 |
extensions of credit are approved by the superintendent of | 82 |
financial institutions of this state; | 83 |
(7) Loans or extensions of credit to the student loan | 84 |
marketing association. | 85 |
(D) A bank may make loans and extensions of credit secured by | 86 |
bills of lading, warehouse receipts, or similar documents | 87 |
transferring or securing title to readily marketable staples | 88 |
subject to the general limitations of division (B) of this | 89 |
section, and may make additional loans and extensions of credit | 90 |
secured by bills of lading, warehouse receipts, or similar | 91 |
documents transferring or securing title to readily marketable | 92 |
staples, if all of the following apply: | 93 |
(1) The market value of the staples securing each additional | 94 |
loan or extension of credit at all times equals or exceeds one | 95 |
hundred fifteen per cent of the outstanding amount of the loan or | 96 |
extension of credit. | 97 |
(2) The staples are fully covered by insurance whenever it is | 98 |
customary to insure staples of that kind. | 99 |
(3) The total amount of the bank's additional loans and | 100 |
extensions of credit outstanding to one person at any time does | 101 |
not exceed thirty-five per cent of the bank's capital. | 102 |
(E) Subject to divisions (E)(1) and (2) of this section, a | 103 |
bank may make loans and extensions of credit arising from the | 104 |
discount of negotiable or nonnegotiable installment consumer | 105 |
paper. | 106 |
(1) If the paper carries a full recourse endorsement or | 107 |
unconditional guarantee by the person transferring the paper, the | 108 |
total amount of the installment consumer paper transferred by one | 109 |
person a bank may hold at one time shall not exceed twenty-five | 110 |
per cent of the bank's capital, and the collateral requirements of | 111 |
division (B)(2) of this section do not apply. | 112 |
(2) The limitations set forth in division (B) of this section | 113 |
apply only to the loans and extensions of credit of each maker of | 114 |
negotiable or nonnegotiable installment consumer paper, and not to | 115 |
obligations arising from any full or partial recourse endorsement | 116 |
or guarantee by the transferor discounting the consumer paper to | 117 |
the bank, if both of the following apply: | 118 |
(a) The bank's files are, or the knowledge of its officers of | 119 |
the financial condition of each maker of the consumer paper is, | 120 |
reasonably adequate. | 121 |
(b) An officer of the bank designated for that purpose by the | 122 |
bank's board of directors certifies in writing that the bank is | 123 |
relying primarily upon the responsibility of each maker for | 124 |
payment of the loans or extensions of credit and not upon any full | 125 |
or partial recourse endorsement or guarantee by the transferor. | 126 |
(F) Without regard to the collateral requirements of division | 127 |
(B) of this section, a bank may have loans and extensions of | 128 |
credit to one person outstanding at one time not exceeding | 129 |
twenty-five per cent of the bank's capital of the following types: | 130 |
(1) Loans and extensions of credit secured by shipping | 131 |
documents or instruments transferring or securing title covering | 132 |
livestock or giving a lien on livestock, when the market value of | 133 |
the livestock securing the obligation is not at any time less than | 134 |
one hundred fifteen per cent of the face amount of the note | 135 |
covered; | 136 |
(2) Loans and extensions of credit that arise from the | 137 |
discount by dealers in dairy cattle of paper given in payment for | 138 |
dairy cattle, if the paper carries a full recourse endorsement or | 139 |
unconditional guarantee of the seller, and the loans and | 140 |
extensions of credit are secured by the cattle being sold. | 141 |
(G)(1) The superintendent may adopt rules to administer and | 142 |
carry out the purposes of this section, including | 143 |
limited to, the following: | 144 |
(a) Rules defining or further defining terms used in this | 145 |
section, | 146 |
of "person" defined in division (A) of this section; | 147 |
(b) Rules establishing limits or requirements other than | 148 |
those specified in this section for particular classes or | 149 |
categories of loans or extensions of credit; | 150 |
(c) Rules relating to credit exposure arising from derivative | 151 |
transactions. | 152 |
(2) The superintendent may determine when a loan putatively | 153 |
made to a person is, for purposes of this section, to be | 154 |
attributed to another person. | 155 |
Sec. 1304.55. | 156 |
division (B) of this section, sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of the | 157 |
Revised Code do not apply to a funds transfer any part of which is | 158 |
governed by the "Electronic Fund Transfer Act," 92 Stat. 3728 | 159 |
(1978), 15 U.S.C.A. 1693, as amended. | 160 |
(B) Sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of the Revised Code apply to | 161 |
a remittance transfer as defined in the "Electronic Fund Transfer | 162 |
Act," 124 Stat. 2065 (2010), 15 U.S.C. 1693o-1, as amended, unless | 163 |
the remittance transfer is an electronic fund transfer as defined | 164 |
in the "Electronic Fund Transfer Act," 92 Stat. 3728 (1978), 15 | 165 |
U.S.C. 1693a, as amended. | 166 |
(C) In a funds transfer to which sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 | 167 |
of the Revised Code apply, in the event of an inconsistency | 168 |
between an applicable provision of sections 1304.51 to 1304.85 of | 169 |
the Revised Code and an applicable provision of the "Electronic | 170 |
Fund Transfer Act," 92 Stat. 3728 (1978), 15 U.S.C. 1693, as | 171 |
amended, the provisions of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act govern | 172 |
to the extent of the inconsistency. | 173 |
Sec. 1321.52. (A)(1) No person, on that person's own behalf | 174 |
or on behalf of any other person, shall do any of the following | 175 |
without having first obtained a certificate of registration from | 176 |
the division of financial institutions: | 177 |
(a) Advertise, solicit, or hold out that the person is | 178 |
engaged in the business of making residential mortgage loans | 179 |
secured by a mortgage on a borrower's real estate which is other | 180 |
than a first lien on the real estate; | 181 |
(b) Engage in the business of lending or collecting the | 182 |
person's own or another person's money, credit, or choses in | 183 |
action for non-first lien residential mortgage loans; | 184 |
(c) Employ or compensate mortgage loan originators licensed | 185 |
or who should be licensed under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the | 186 |
Revised Code to conduct the business of making residential | 187 |
mortgage loans; | 188 |
(d) Make loans in this state of the type set forth in | 189 |
division (C) of this section that are unsecured or are secured by | 190 |
other than real property, which loans are for more than five | 191 |
thousand dollars at a rate of interest greater than permitted by | 192 |
section 1343.01 or other specific provisions of the Revised Code. | 193 |
(2) Each person issued a certificate of registration or | 194 |
license is subject to all the rules prescribed under sections | 195 |
1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code. | 196 |
(B)(1) All loans made to persons who at the time are | 197 |
residents of this state are considered as made within this state | 198 |
and subject to the laws of this state, regardless of any statement | 199 |
in the contract or note to the contrary, except as follows: | 200 |
(a) If the loan is primarily secured by a lien on real | 201 |
property in another state and is arranged by a mortgage loan | 202 |
originator licensed by that state, the borrower may by choice of | 203 |
law designate that the transaction be governed by the law where | 204 |
the real property is located if the other state has consumer | 205 |
protection laws covering the borrower that are applicable to the | 206 |
transaction. | 207 |
(b) If the loan is for the purpose of purchasing goods | 208 |
acquired by the borrower when the borrower is outside of this | 209 |
state, the loan may be governed by the laws of the other state. | 210 |
(2) Nothing in division (B)(1) of this section prevents a | 211 |
choice of law or requires registration or licensure of persons | 212 |
outside of this state in a transaction involving the solicitation | 213 |
of residents of this state to obtain non-real estate secured loans | 214 |
that require the borrowers to physically visit a lender's | 215 |
out-of-state office to apply for and obtain the disbursement of | 216 |
loan funds. | 217 |
(C) A registrant may make unsecured loans, loans secured by a | 218 |
mortgage on a borrower's real estate which is a first lien or | 219 |
other than a first lien on the real estate, loans secured by other | 220 |
than real estate, and loans secured by any combination of | 221 |
mortgages and security interests, on terms and conditions provided | 222 |
by sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the Revised Code. | 223 |
(D)(1) If a lender that is subject to sections 1321.51 to | 224 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code makes a loan in violation of division | 225 |
(A)(1) of this section, the lender has no right to collect, | 226 |
receive, or retain any interest or charges on that loan. | 227 |
(2) If a registrant applies to the division for a renewal of | 228 |
the registrant's certificate after the date required by division | 229 |
(A)(7) of section 1321.53 of the Revised Code, but prior to the | 230 |
first day of February of that year, and the division approves the | 231 |
application, division (D)(1) of this section does not apply with | 232 |
respect to any loan made by the registrant while the registrant's | 233 |
certificate was expired. | 234 |
(3) If a person's registration under sections 1321.51 to | 235 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code terminates due to nonrenewal or | 236 |
otherwise but the person continues to engage in the business of | 237 |
collecting or servicing non-first lien residential mortgage loans | 238 |
in violation of division (A)(1) of this section, the | 239 |
superintendent of financial institutions may take administrative | 240 |
action, including action on any subsequent application for a | 241 |
certificate of registration. In addition, no late fee, bad check | 242 |
charge except as incurred, charge related to default or cost to | 243 |
realize on its security interest, or prepayment penalty on | 244 |
non-first lien residential mortgage loans shall be collected or | 245 |
retained by a person who is in violation of division (A)(1)(b) of | 246 |
this section for the period of time in which the person was in | 247 |
violation. Nothing in division (D)(3) of this section prevents or | 248 |
otherwise precludes any other actions or penalties provided by law | 249 |
or modifies a defense of holder in due course that a subsequent | 250 |
purchaser servicing the residential mortgage loan may raise. | 251 |
(E)(1) No individual shall engage in the business of a | 252 |
mortgage loan originator without first obtaining and maintaining | 253 |
annually a license pursuant to section 1321.532 of the Revised | 254 |
Code from the division of financial institutions. A mortgage loan | 255 |
originator shall be employed or associated with a registrant or | 256 |
entity exempt from registration under sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 | 257 |
of the Revised Code, but shall not be employed by or associated | 258 |
with more than one registrant or exempt entity at any one time. | 259 |
(2) An individual acting under the individual's authority as | 260 |
a registered mortgage loan originator shall not be required to be | 261 |
licensed under division (E)(1) of this section. | 262 |
(3) An individual who holds a valid temporary mortgage loan | 263 |
originator license issued pursuant to section 1321.537 of the | 264 |
Revised Code may engage in the business of a mortgage loan | 265 |
originator in accordance with sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 of the | 266 |
Revised Code during the term of the temporary license. | 267 |
(F)(1) Each licensee shall register with, and maintain a | 268 |
valid unique identifier issued by, the nationwide mortgage | 269 |
licensing system and registry. | 270 |
(2) No person shall use a licensee's unique identifier for | 271 |
any purpose other than as set forth in the "Secure and Fair | 272 |
Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008," 122 Stat. 2810, | 273 |
12 U.S.C. 5101. | 274 |
(G)(1) If a person that is subject to sections 1321.51 to | 275 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code makes a loan in violation of division | 276 |
(A)(1)(d) of this section and subsequently sells or assigns that | 277 |
loan, the person is liable to the borrower for any interest paid | 278 |
on that loan to the holder or assignee in excess of the rate that | 279 |
would be applicable in the absence of sections 1321.51 to 1321.60 | 280 |
of the Revised Code, in addition to any interest or charges paid | 281 |
on that loan to the unauthorized lender as provided by division | 282 |
(D)(1) of this section. | 283 |
(2) If a person that is subject to sections 1321.51 to | 284 |
1321.60 of the Revised Code makes a residential mortgage loan in | 285 |
violation of division (A)(1)(b) or (c) of this section and | 286 |
subsequently sells or assigns that loan, the lender is liable to | 287 |
the borrower for any interest paid on that loan to the holder or | 288 |
assignee in excess of the rate set forth in division (B)(4) of | 289 |
section 1343.01 of the Revised Code, in addition to any interest | 290 |
or charges paid on that loan to the unauthorized lender as | 291 |
provided by division (D)(1) of this section. | 292 |
Sec. 1321.537. (A) As used in this section: | 293 |
(1) "Out-of-state mortgage loan originator" means an | 294 |
individual to whom both of the following apply: | 295 |
(a) The individual holds a valid mortgage loan originator | 296 |
license, or comparable authority, issued pursuant to the law of | 297 |
any other state of the United States. | 298 |
(b) The individual is registered, fingerprinted, and | 299 |
maintains a unique identifier through the nationwide mortgage | 300 |
licensing system and registry. | 301 |
(2) "Sponsor" means a registrant or entity described in | 302 |
division (D) of section 1321.53 of the Revised Code that employs | 303 |
or is associated with an applicant for a temporary mortgage loan | 304 |
originator license and, during the term of the applicant's | 305 |
temporary license, covers the applicant under its corporate surety | 306 |
bond or requires the applicant to obtain and maintain a corporate | 307 |
surety bond. | 308 |
(B) The superintendent of financial institutions may, in | 309 |
accordance with this section, issue to an out-of-state mortgage | 310 |
loan originator a temporary mortgage loan originator license that | 311 |
enables the licensee to engage in the business of a mortgage loan | 312 |
originator while the individual completes the requirements | 313 |
necessary to meet the conditions set forth in section 1321.532 of | 314 |
the Revised Code for a mortgage loan originator license. A | 315 |
temporary mortgage loan originator license shall be valid for a | 316 |
term of not more than one hundred twenty days from the date of | 317 |
issuance. A temporary mortgage loan originator license may not be | 318 |
renewed. | 319 |
(C) An application for a temporary mortgage loan originator | 320 |
license shall be in writing, under oath, and in a form that meets | 321 |
the requirements of the nationwide mortgage licensing system and | 322 |
registry. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable | 323 |
application fee, the amount of which shall be determined by the | 324 |
superintendent in rule, and a certification that, as of the date | 325 |
of application, the applicant meets the following conditions: | 326 |
(1) The applicant has at least two years of experience in the | 327 |
field of residential mortgage lending in the five years | 328 |
immediately preceding the date of application for the temporary | 329 |
mortgage loan originator license. | 330 |
(2) The applicant has not previously applied for a temporary | 331 |
mortgage loan originator license in this state. | 332 |
(3) The applicant has not had a mortgage loan originator | 333 |
license, or comparable authority, revoked in any governmental | 334 |
jurisdiction. For purposes of division (C)(3) of this section, a | 335 |
subsequent formal vacation of such a revocation shall not be | 336 |
considered a revocation. | 337 |
(4) The applicant has not been convicted of, or pleaded | 338 |
guilty or nolo contendere to, any of the following in a domestic, | 339 |
foreign, or military court: | 340 |
(a) During the seven-year period immediately preceding the | 341 |
date of application, a misdemeanor involving theft or any felony; | 342 |
(b) At any time prior to the date of application, a felony | 343 |
involving an act of fraud, dishonesty, a breach of trust, theft, | 344 |
or money laundering. | 345 |
For purposes of division (C)(4) of this section, any | 346 |
conviction for which the applicant has received a pardon shall not | 347 |
be considered a conviction. | 348 |
(D) The superintendent shall issue a temporary mortgage loan | 349 |
originator license to the applicant if the superintendent finds | 350 |
that all of the following conditions are met: | 351 |
(1) The application is accompanied by the application fee and | 352 |
the certification described in division (C) of this section. | 353 |
(2) The applicant is registered, fingerprinted, and has a | 354 |
valid unique identifier through the nationwide mortgage licensing | 355 |
system and registry as of the date of application. | 356 |
(3) The applicant has authorized the nationwide mortgage | 357 |
licensing system and registry to obtain a credit report for | 358 |
submission to the superintendent. | 359 |
(4) The applicant has a sponsor that certifies employment of, | 360 |
or association with, the applicant and has signed the application. | 361 |
(E) The sponsor of a temporary licensee shall have an | 362 |
affirmative duty to supervise the conduct of each temporary | 363 |
mortgage loan originator in the same manner as is required of its | 364 |
other licensees. If the temporary licensee's employment or | 365 |
association with the sponsor is terminated, the sponsor shall | 366 |
notify the division of financial institutions of the termination | 367 |
through the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. | 368 |
Upon the division's receipt of the notice, the sponsor shall no | 369 |
longer be held responsible for the conduct of the temporary | 370 |
licensee. | 371 |
(F) The superintendent may, in accordance with Chapter 119. | 372 |
of the Revised Code, adopt rules necessary for the implementation | 373 |
and operation of this section. | 374 |
Sec. 1321.538. If the "Secure and Fair Enforcement for | 375 |
Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008," 122 Stat. 2810, 12 U.S.C. 5101, | 376 |
as amended, is modified after the effective date of this section, | 377 |
or any regulation, statement, or position is adopted under that | 378 |
act, to permit states to issue a temporary mortgage loan | 379 |
originator license to a registered mortgage loan originator, the | 380 |
superintendent shall, in accordance with section 111.15 of the | 381 |
Revised Code, adopt rules the superintendent considers necessary | 382 |
and appropriate to issue a temporary license to a registered | 383 |
mortgage loan originator. | 384 |
Sec. 1322.02. (A)(1) No person, on the person's own behalf | 385 |
or on behalf of any other person, shall act as a mortgage broker | 386 |
without first having obtained a certificate of registration from | 387 |
the superintendent of financial institutions for every office to | 388 |
be maintained by the person for the transaction of business as a | 389 |
mortgage broker in this state. A registrant shall maintain an | 390 |
office location in this state for the transaction of business as a | 391 |
mortgage broker in this state. | 392 |
(2) No person shall act or hold that person's self out as a | 393 |
mortgage broker under the authority or name of a registrant or | 394 |
person exempt from sections 1322.01 to 1322.12 of the Revised Code | 395 |
without first having obtained a certificate of registration from | 396 |
the superintendent for every office to be maintained by the person | 397 |
for the transaction of business as a mortgage broker in this | 398 |
state. | 399 |
(B)(1) No individual shall act as a loan originator without | 400 |
first having obtained a license from the superintendent. A loan | 401 |
originator shall be employed by or associated with a mortgage | 402 |
broker or any person or entity listed in division (G)(2) of | 403 |
section 1322.01 of the Revised Code, but shall not be employed by | 404 |
or associated with more than one mortgage broker or person or | 405 |
entity at any one time. | 406 |
(2) An individual acting under the individual's authority as | 407 |
a registered loan originator shall not be required to be licensed | 408 |
under division (B)(1) of this section. | 409 |
(3) An individual who holds a valid temporary loan originator | 410 |
license issued pursuant to section 1322.042 of the Revised Code | 411 |
may engage in the business of a loan originator in accordance with | 412 |
sections 1322.01 to 1322.12 of the Revised Code during the term of | 413 |
the temporary license. | 414 |
(C)(1) No person acting as a mortgage broker or loan | 415 |
originator shall fail to register with, and maintain a valid | 416 |
unique identifier issued by, the nationwide mortgage licensing | 417 |
system and registry. | 418 |
(2) No person shall use a mortgage broker's or loan | 419 |
originator's unique identifier for any purpose other than as set | 420 |
forth in the "Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing | 421 |
Act of 2008," 122 Stat. 2810, 12 U.S.C. 5101. | 422 |
Sec. 1322.042. (A) As used in this section: | 423 |
(1) "Out-of-state loan originator" means an individual to | 424 |
whom both of the following apply: | 425 |
(a) The individual holds a valid loan originator license, or | 426 |
comparable authority, issued pursuant to the law of any other | 427 |
state of the United States. | 428 |
(b) The individual is registered, fingerprinted, and | 429 |
maintains a unique identifier through the nationwide mortgage | 430 |
licensing system and registry. | 431 |
(2) "Sponsor" means a registrant or entity described in | 432 |
division (G)(2) of section 1322.01 of the Revised Code that | 433 |
employs or is associated with an applicant for a temporary loan | 434 |
originator license and, during the term of the applicant's | 435 |
temporary license, covers the applicant under its corporate surety | 436 |
bond or requires the applicant to obtain and maintain a corporate | 437 |
surety bond. | 438 |
(B) The superintendent of financial institutions may, in | 439 |
accordance with this section, issue to an out-of-state loan | 440 |
originator a temporary loan originator license that enables the | 441 |
licensee to engage in the business of a loan originator while the | 442 |
individual completes the requirements necessary to meet the | 443 |
conditions set forth in section 1322.041 of the Revised Code for a | 444 |
loan originator license. A temporary loan originator license shall | 445 |
be valid for a term of not more than one hundred twenty days from | 446 |
the date of issuance. A temporary loan originator license may not | 447 |
be renewed. | 448 |
(C) An application for a temporary loan originator license | 449 |
shall be in writing, under oath, and in a form that meets the | 450 |
requirements of the nationwide mortgage licensing system and | 451 |
registry. The application shall be accompanied by a nonrefundable | 452 |
application fee, the amount of which shall be determined by the | 453 |
superintendent in rule, and a certification that, as of the date | 454 |
of application, the applicant meets the following conditions: | 455 |
(1) The applicant has at least two years of experience in the | 456 |
field of residential mortgage lending in the five years | 457 |
immediately preceding the date of application for the temporary | 458 |
loan originator license. | 459 |
(2) The applicant has not previously applied for a temporary | 460 |
loan originator license in this state. | 461 |
(3) The applicant has not had a loan originator license, or | 462 |
comparable authority, revoked in any governmental jurisdiction. | 463 |
For purposes of division (C)(3) of this section, a subsequent | 464 |
formal vacation of such a revocation shall not be considered a | 465 |
revocation. | 466 |
(4) The applicant has not been convicted of, or pleaded | 467 |
guilty or nolo contendere to, any of the following in a domestic, | 468 |
foreign, or military court: | 469 |
(a) During the seven-year period immediately preceding the | 470 |
date of application, a misdemeanor involving theft or any felony; | 471 |
(b) At any time prior to the date of application, a felony | 472 |
involving an act of fraud, dishonesty, a breach of trust, theft, | 473 |
or money laundering. | 474 |
For purposes of division (C)(4) of this section, any | 475 |
conviction for which the applicant has received a pardon shall not | 476 |
be considered a conviction. | 477 |
(D) The superintendent shall issue a temporary loan | 478 |
originator license to the applicant if the superintendent finds | 479 |
that all of the following conditions are met: | 480 |
(1) The application is accompanied by the application fee and | 481 |
the certification described in division (C) of this section. | 482 |
(2) The applicant is registered, fingerprinted, and has a | 483 |
valid unique identifier through the nationwide mortgage licensing | 484 |
system and registry as of the date of application. | 485 |
(3) The applicant has authorized the nationwide mortgage | 486 |
licensing system and registry to obtain a credit report for | 487 |
submission to the superintendent. | 488 |
(4) The applicant has a sponsor that certifies employment of, | 489 |
or association with, the applicant and has signed the application. | 490 |
(E) The sponsor of a temporary licensee shall have an | 491 |
affirmative duty to supervise the conduct of each temporary loan | 492 |
originator in the same manner as is required of its other | 493 |
licensees. If the temporary licensee's employment or association | 494 |
with the sponsor is terminated, the sponsor shall notify the | 495 |
division of financial institutions of the termination through the | 496 |
nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. Upon the | 497 |
division's receipt of the notice, the sponsor shall no longer be | 498 |
held responsible for the conduct of the temporary licensee. | 499 |
(F) The superintendent may, in accordance with Chapter 119. | 500 |
of the Revised Code, adopt rules necessary for the implementation | 501 |
and operation of this section. | 502 |
Sec. 1322.043. If the "Secure and Fair Enforcement for | 503 |
Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008," 122 Stat. 2810, 12 U.S.C. 5101, | 504 |
as amended, is modified after the effective date of this section, | 505 |
or any regulation, statement, or position is adopted under that | 506 |
act, to permit states to issue a temporary loan originator license | 507 |
to a registered loan originator, the superintendent shall, in | 508 |
accordance with section 111.15 of the Revised Code, adopt rules | 509 |
the superintendent considers necessary and appropriate to issue a | 510 |
temporary license to a registered loan originator. | 511 |
Section 2. That existing sections 1109.22, 1304.55, 1321.52, | 512 |
and 1322.02 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed. | 513 |