Bill Text: HI SB1114 | 2010 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Mortgages; Mortgage Rescue Fraud Prevention Act; Distressed Property Consultant; Brokers; Salespersons
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-05-11 - Carried over to 2010 Regular Session. [SB1114 Detail]
Download: Hawaii-2010-SB1114-Introduced.html
Report Title:
Mortgages; Mortgage Rescue Fraud Prevention Act; Distressed Property Consultant; Brokers; Salespersons
Description:
Excludes real estate brokers and real estate salespersons from the definition of "distressed property consultant".
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TWENTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE, 2009 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to mortgages.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 480E-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending the definition of "distressed property consultant" to read as follows:
""Distressed property consultant" means any person who performs or makes any solicitation, representation, or offer to perform any of the following relating to a distressed property:
(1) Stop or postpone the foreclosure sale or loss of any distressed property due to the nonpayment of any loan that is secured by the distressed property;
(2) Stop or postpone the charging of any lien or encumbrance against any distressed property or eliminate any lien or encumbrance charged against any distressed property for the nonpayment of any taxes, lease assessments, association fees, or maintenance fees;
(3) Obtain any forbearance from any beneficiary or mortgagee, or relief with respect to a tax sale of the property;
(4) Assist the owner to exercise any cure of default arising under Hawaii law;
(5) Obtain any extension of the period within which the owner may reinstate the owner's rights with respect to the property;
(6) Obtain any waiver of an acceleration clause contained in any promissory note or contract secured by a mortgage on a distressed property or contained in the mortgage;
(7) Assist the owner in foreclosure, loan default, or post-tax sale redemption period to obtain a loan or advance of funds;
(8) Avoid or ameliorate the impairment of the owner's credit resulting from the recording or filing of a notice of default or the conduct of a foreclosure sale or tax sale; or
(9) Save the owner's residence from foreclosure or loss of home due to nonpayment of taxes.
"Distressed property consultant" shall not include any of the following:
(1) A person or the person's authorized agent acting under the express authority or written approval of the federal Department of Housing and Urban Development;
(2) A person who holds or is owed an obligation secured by a lien on any distressed property, or a person acting under the express authorization or written approval of such person, when the person performs services in connection with the obligation or lien, if the obligation or lien did not arise as the result of or as part of a proposed distressed property conveyance;
(3) Banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions, trust companies, depository and nondepository financial service loan companies, and insurance companies organized, chartered, or holding a certificate of authority to do business under the laws of this State or any other state, or under the laws of the United States;
(4) Licensed attorneys engaged in the practice of law;
(5) A federal Department of Housing and Urban
Development approved mortgagee and any subsidiary or affiliate of these persons
or entities, and any agent or employee of these persons or entities, while
engaged in the business of these persons or entities; [or]
(6) A nonprofit organization that, pursuant to
chapter 446, offers counseling or advice to an owner of a distressed property,
if the nonprofit organization has no contract or agreement for services with
lenders, distressed property purchasers, or any person who effects loans or distressed
property purchases[.]; or
(7) Licensed real estate brokers and salespersons as defined in section 467-1."
SECTION 2. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 3. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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