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junior mortgage, the yield on
U.S. Treasury securities having |
comparable periods of maturity to the loan
maturity as of the |
fifteenth day of the month immediately preceding the month
in
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which the application for the loan is received by the lender or |
(ii) the total
points
and fees payable by the consumer at or |
before closing will exceed the greater
of
5% of the total loan |
amount or $800. The $800 figure shall be adjusted annually
on |
January 1 by the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price |
Index for
All Urban Consumers for all items published by the |
United States Department of
Labor.
"High risk home loan"
does
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not include a loan that is made primarily for a business |
purpose unrelated to
the
residential real property securing the |
loan or to an open-end credit plan
subject to
12 CFR 226 (2000, |
no subsequent amendments or editions are included).
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"Home equity loan" means any loan secured by the borrower's |
primary
residence where the proceeds are not used as purchase |
money for the
residence.
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"Lender" means a natural or artificial person who |
transfers, deals in,
offers, or makes a high risk home loan. |
"Lender" includes, but is not limited
to,
creditors and
brokers |
who transfer, deal in, offer, or make high risk home loans. |
"Lender"
does not include purchasers, assignees, or subsequent |
holders of high risk home
loans.
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"Office" means the Office of Banks and Real Estate.
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"Points and fees" means all items required to be disclosed |
as points and
fees under 12 CFR 226.32 (2000, no subsequent |
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amendments or editions
included); the premium of any single |
premium credit life, credit disability,
credit
unemployment, |
or any other life or health insurance that is financed directly
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or
indirectly into the loan; and compensation paid directly or |
indirectly to a
mortgage
broker, including a broker that |
originates a loan in its own name in a
table-funded
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transaction, not otherwise included in 12 CFR 226.4.
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"Reasonable" means fair, proper, just, or prudent under the |
circumstances.
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"Servicer" means any entity chartered under the Illinois |
Banking Act, the
Savings Bank Act, the Illinois Credit Union |
Act, or the Illinois Savings and
Loan Act of 1985 and any |
person or entity licensed under the Residential
Mortgage |
License Act of 1987, the Consumer Installment Loan Act, or the |
Sales
Finance Agency Act who
is responsible for the collection |
or remittance for, or has the right or
obligation to collect or |
remit for, any lender, note owner, or note holder or
for a |
licensee's own account, of payments, interest, principal, and |
trust items
(such as hazard
insurance and taxes on a |
residential mortgage loan) in accordance with the
terms of the |
residential mortgage loan, including loan payment follow-up,
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delinquency loan follow-up, loan analysis, and any |
notifications to
the borrower that are necessary to enable the |
borrower to keep the loan current
and in good
standing.
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"Total loan amount" has the same meaning as that term is |
given in 12
CFR 226.32 and shall be calculated in accordance |
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with the Federal Reserve
Board's Official Staff Commentary to |
that regulation.
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(Source: P.A. 93-561, eff. 1-1-04.)
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(Text of Section after P.A. 97-849 takes effect) |
Sec. 10. Definitions. As used in this Act:
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"Approved credit counselor" means a credit counselor |
approved by the
Director of Financial Institutions.
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"Bona fide discount points" means loan discount points that |
are knowingly paid by the consumer for the purpose of reducing, |
and that in fact result in a bona fide reduction of, the
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interest rate or time price differential applicable to the |
mortgage. |
"Borrower" means a natural person who seeks or obtains a |
high risk
home loan.
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"Commissioner" means the Commissioner of the Office of |
Banks and Real
Estate.
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"Department" means the Department of Financial |
Institutions.
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"Director" means the Director of Financial Institutions.
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"Good faith" means honesty in fact in the conduct or |
transaction concerned.
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"High risk home loan"
means a consumer credit transaction, |
other than a reverse mortgage, that is secured by the |
consumer's principal dwelling if: (i) at the time of |
origination, the annual
percentage rate
exceeds by more than 6 |
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percentage points in the case of a first lien mortgage,
or
by |
more than 8 percentage points in the case of a junior mortgage, |
the average prime offer rate, as defined in Section |
129C(b)(2)(B) of the federal Truth in Lending Act, for a |
comparable transaction as of the date on which the interest |
rate for the transaction is set, or if the dwelling is personal |
property, then as provided under 15 U.S.C. 1602(bb), as |
amended, and any corresponding regulation, as amended, (ii) the |
loan documents permit the creditor to charge or collect |
prepayment fees or penalties more than 36 months after the |
transaction closing or such fees exceed, in the aggregate, more |
than 2% of the amount prepaid, or (iii) the total
points
and |
fees payable in connection with the transaction, other than |
bona fide third-party charges not retained by the mortgage |
originator, creditor, or an affiliate of the mortgage |
originator or creditor, will exceed (1)
5% of the total loan |
amount in the case of a transaction for $20,000 or more or (2) |
the lesser of 8% of the total loan amount or $1,000 (or such |
other dollar amount as prescribed by federal regulation |
pursuant to the federal Dodd-Frank Act) in the case of a |
transaction for less than $20,000, except that, with respect to |
all transactions, bona fide loan discount points may be |
excluded as provided for in Section 35 of this Act.
"High risk |
home loan"
does
not include a loan that is made primarily for a |
business purpose unrelated to
the
residential real property |
securing the loan or a consumer credit transaction made by a |
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natural person who provides seller financing secured by a |
principal residence no more than 3 times in a 12-month period, |
provided such consumer credit transaction is not made by a |
person that has constructed or acted as a contractor for the |
construction of the residence in the ordinary course of |
business of such person.
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"Lender" means a natural or artificial person who |
transfers, deals in,
offers, or makes a high risk home loan. |
"Lender" includes, but is not limited
to,
creditors and
brokers |
who transfer, deal in, offer, or make high risk home loans. |
"Lender"
does not include purchasers, assignees, or subsequent |
holders of high risk home
loans.
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"Office" means the Office of Banks and Real Estate.
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"Points and fees" means all items considered to be points |
and
fees under 12 CFR 226.32 (2000, or as initially amended |
pursuant to Section 1431 of the federal Dodd-Frank Act with no |
subsequent amendments or editions
included, whichever is |
later); compensation paid directly or indirectly by a consumer |
or creditor to a
mortgage
broker from any source, including a |
broker that originates a loan in its own name in a
table-funded
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transaction, not otherwise included in 12 CFR 226.4; the |
maximum prepayment fees and penalties that may be charged or |
collected under the terms of the credit transaction; all |
prepayment fees or penalties that are incurred by the consumer |
if the loan refinances a previous loan made or currently held |
by the same creditor or an affiliate of the creditor; and |
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premiums or other charges payable at or before closing or |
financed directly or indirectly into the loan for any credit |
life, credit disability, credit unemployment, credit property, |
other accident, loss of income, life, or health insurance or |
payments directly or indirectly for any debt cancellation or |
suspension agreement or contract, except that insurance |
premiums or debt cancellation or suspension fees calculated and |
paid in full on a monthly basis shall not be considered |
financed by the creditor. "Points and fees" does not include |
any insurance premium provided by an agency of the federal |
government or an agency of a state; any insurance premium paid |
by the consumer after closing; and any amount of a premium, |
charge, or fee that is not in excess of the amount payable |
under policies in effect at the time of origination under |
Section 203(c)(2)(A) of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. |
1709(c)(2)(A)), provided that the premium, charge, or fee is |
required to be refundable on a pro-rated basis and the refund |
is automatically issued upon notification of the satisfaction |
of the underlying mortgage loan.
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"Reasonable" means fair, proper, just, or prudent under the |
circumstances.
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"Servicer" means any entity chartered under the Illinois |
Banking Act, the
Savings Bank Act, the Illinois Credit Union |
Act, or the Illinois Savings and
Loan Act of 1985 and any |
person or entity licensed under the Residential
Mortgage |
License Act of 1987, the Consumer Installment Loan Act, or the |
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Sales
Finance Agency Act who
is responsible for the collection |
or remittance for, or has the right or
obligation to collect or |
remit for, any lender, note owner, or note holder or
for a |
licensee's own account, of payments, interest, principal, and |
trust items
(such as hazard
insurance and taxes on a |
residential mortgage loan) in accordance with the
terms of the |
residential mortgage loan, including loan payment follow-up,
|
delinquency loan follow-up, loan analysis, and any |
notifications to
the borrower that are necessary to enable the |
borrower to keep the loan current
and in good
standing.
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"Total loan amount" has the same meaning as that term is |
given in 12
CFR 226.32 and shall be calculated in accordance |
with the Federal Reserve
Board's Official Staff Commentary to |
that regulation.
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(Source: P.A. 97-849, see Section 10 of P.A. 97-1159 for |
effective date of P.A. 97-849.)
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Section 95. No acceleration or delay. Where this Act makes |
changes in a statute that is represented in this Act by text |
that is not yet or no longer in effect (for example, a Section |
represented by multiple versions), the use of that text does |
not accelerate or delay the taking effect of (i) the changes |
made by this Act or (ii) provisions derived from any other |
Public Act.
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Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon |
becoming law.
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