House
Study
Bill
79
-
Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
_____
BY
(PROPOSED
COMMITTEE
ON
COMMERCE
BILL
BY
CHAIRPERSON
SODERBERG)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
relating
to
matters
under
the
purview
of
the
division
of
1
banking
of
the
department
of
commerce.
2
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
524.211,
subsection
3,
Code
2011,
is
1
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
3.
The
superintendent,
general
counsel,
examiners,
and
3
other
employees
of
the
banking
division,
who
have
credit
4
relations
with
a
person
or
entity
licensed
or
registered
5
pursuant
to
chapter
535B
,
535D,
or
536C
,
are
prohibited
from
6
participating
in
decisions,
oversight,
and
official
review
7
of
matters
concerning
the
regulation
of
the
licensee
or
8
registrant.
9
Sec.
2.
Section
524.212,
subsection
2,
Code
2011,
is
amended
10
to
read
as
follows:
11
2.
The
superintendent
may
receive
documents,
materials,
12
or
other
information,
including
otherwise
confidential
and
13
privileged
documents,
materials,
or
other
information,
from
14
other
local,
state,
federal,
and
international
regulatory
15
agencies,
the
conference
of
state
bank
supervisors
and
its
16
affiliates
or
subsidiaries,
the
American
association
of
17
mortgage
regulators
and
its
affiliates
or
subsidiaries,
and
18
the
national
association
of
consumer
credit
administrators
19
and
its
affiliates
or
subsidiaries,
and
shall
maintain
as
20
confidential
and
privileged
any
such
document,
material,
or
21
other
information
received
with
notice
or
the
understanding
22
that
it
is
confidential
or
privileged
under
the
laws
of
the
23
jurisdiction
that
is
the
source
of
the
document,
material,
or
24
other
information.
With
respect
to
documents,
materials,
or
25
other
information
that
is
shared
or
stored
electronically,
26
the
superintendent
is
authorized
to
take
any
necessary
steps
27
to
ensure
the
division’s
information
technology
systems
28
comply
with
the
information
technology
security
requirements
29
established
by
any
of
the
regulatory
agencies
or
associations
30
of
state
regulatory
agencies
described
in
this
section.
31
Sec.
3.
Section
524.904,
subsection
5,
Code
2011,
is
amended
32
to
read
as
follows:
33
5.
a.
A
state
bank
may
grant
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
34
to
a
corporate
group
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
twenty-five
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percent
of
the
state
bank’s
aggregate
capital
if
all
loans
and
1
extensions
of
credit
to
any
one
borrower
within
a
corporate
2
group
conform
to
subsection
2
or
3
,
and
the
financial
strength,
3
assets,
guarantee,
or
endorsement
of
any
one
corporate
group
4
member
is
not
relied
upon
as
a
basis
for
loans
and
extensions
5
of
credit
to
any
other
corporate
group
member.
A
state
bank
6
may
grant
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
a
corporate
group
7
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
thirty-five
percent
of
aggregate
8
capital
if
all
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
any
one
9
borrower
within
a
corporate
group
conform
to
subsection
2,
10
3
,
or
4,
and
the
financial
strength,
assets,
guarantee,
or
11
endorsement
of
any
one
corporate
group
member
is
not
relied
12
upon
as
a
basis
for
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
any
other
13
corporate
group
member.
A
corporate
group
includes
a
person
14
and
all
corporations
in
which
the
person
owns
or
controls
fifty
15
percent
or
more
of
the
shares
entitled
to
vote.
While
not
to
16
be
construed
as
an
endorsement
of
the
quality
of
any
loan
or
17
extension
of
credit,
the
superintendent
may
authorize
a
state
18
bank
to
grant
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
a
corporate
19
group
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
fifty
percent
of
aggregate
20
capital
if
all
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
any
one
21
borrower
within
a
corporate
group
conform
to
subsection
2
or
3,
22
and
the
financial
strength,
assets,
guarantee,
or
endorsement
23
of
any
one
corporate
group
member
is
not
relied
upon
as
a
basis
24
for
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
any
other
corporate
group
25
member.
26
b.
For
the
purposes
of
this
subsection,
a
corporate
group
27
includes
the
following:
28
(1)
The
interests
of
a
group
of
more
than
one
borrower,
29
or
any
combination
of
the
members
of
the
group,
are
so
30
interrelated
that
they
should
be
considered
a
unit
for
the
31
purpose
of
applying
the
lending
limit
limitations
of
this
32
section.
33
(2)
One
or
more
persons
owns
or
controls
fifty
percent
or
34
more
of
the
voting
securities
or
membership
interests
of
the
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borrowing
entity
or
a
member
of
the
group.
1
(3)
One
or
more
persons
controls,
in
any
manner,
the
2
election
of
a
majority
of
the
directors,
managers,
trustees,
3
or
other
persons
exercising
similar
functions
of
the
borrowing
4
entity
or
a
member
of
the
group.
5
(4)
One
or
more
persons
has
the
power
to
vote
fifty
percent
6
or
more
of
any
class
of
voting
securities
or
membership
7
interests
of
the
borrowing
entity
or
a
member
of
the
group.
8
c.
To
demonstrate
compliance
with
this
subsection,
a
9
bank
shall
maintain
in
its
files,
at
a
minimum,
all
of
the
10
following:
11
(1)
Documentation
demonstrating
the
current
ownership
of
12
the
borrowing
entity.
13
(2)
Documentation
identifying
the
persons
who
have
voting
14
rights
in
the
borrowing
entity.
15
(3)
Documentation
identifying
the
board
of
directors
and
16
senior
management
of
the
borrowing
entity.
17
(4)
The
bank’s
assessment
of
the
borrowing
entity’s
means
18
of
servicing
the
loan
or
extension
of
credit,
including
19
specific
reasons
in
support
of
that
assessment.
The
assessment
20
shall
include
an
analysis
of
the
borrowing
entity’s
financial
21
history,
its
present
and
projected
economic
and
financial
22
performance,
and
the
significance
of
any
financial
support
23
provided
to
the
borrowing
entity
by
members
of
the
corporate
24
group
and
third
parties.
25
Sec.
4.
Section
524.904,
subsection
7,
Code
2011,
is
amended
26
by
adding
the
following
new
paragraph:
27
NEW
PARAGRAPH
.
m.
A
renewal
or
restructuring
of
a
loan
as
28
a
new
loan
or
extension
of
credit
following
the
exercise
by
29
a
state
bank
of
reasonable
efforts,
consistent
with
safe
and
30
sound
banking
practices,
to
bring
the
loan
into
conformance
31
with
the
lending
limit,
unless
new
funds
are
advanced
by
the
32
bank
to
the
borrower
or
unless
a
new
borrower
replaces
the
33
original
borrower
or
unless
the
superintendent
determines
that
34
the
renewal
or
restructuring
was
undertaken
as
a
means
to
evade
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the
bank’s
lending
limit.
1
Sec.
5.
Section
524.1201,
subsection
4,
Code
2011,
is
2
amended
by
striking
the
subsection.
3
Sec.
6.
Section
535B.4,
Code
2011,
is
amended
by
adding
the
4
following
new
subsection:
5
NEW
SUBSECTION
.
8A.
A
licensee
may
not
establish
branch
6
locations
outside
of
the
United
States.
7
Sec.
7.
Section
535B.6,
Code
2011,
is
amended
to
read
as
8
follows:
9
535B.6
Licensing
of
foreign
corporation
certain
corporations
.
10
1.
An
applicant
that
is
a
foreign
corporation
incorporated
11
under
the
laws
of
another
state
in
the
United
States
must
be
12
authorized
to
do
business
in
this
state.
A
foreign
corporation
13
Such
a
corporation
shall
file
with
the
license
application
both
14
of
the
following:
15
1.
a.
An
irrevocable
consent,
duly
acknowledged,
that
16
suits
and
actions
may
be
commenced
against
that
licensee
in
the
17
courts
of
this
state
by
service
of
process
in
the
usual
manner
18
provided
for
by
the
statutes
and
court
rules
of
this
state.
19
2.
b.
Proof
of
authorization
to
do
business
in
this
state.
20
2.
Businesses
that
are
incorporated
outside
of
the
United
21
States
are
not
eligible
for
a
license.
22
Sec.
8.
Section
535D.4,
subsection
1,
Code
2011,
is
amended
23
to
read
as
follows:
24
1.
On
or
after
January
1,
2010,
an
individual
shall
not
25
engage
in
the
business
of
a
mortgage
loan
originator
with
26
respect
to
any
dwelling
or
residential
real
estate
located
in
27
this
state
without
first
obtaining
and
maintaining
annually
28
a
license
under
this
chapter
.
Each
licensed
mortgage
loan
29
originator
must
register
with
and
maintain
a
valid
unique
30
identifier
issued
by
the
nationwide
mortgage
licensing
system
31
and
registry.
32
Sec.
9.
NEW
SECTION
.
535D.23
Reports
of
condition
required
33
——
exceptions.
34
Each
mortgage
loan
originator
licensee
shall
submit
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reports
of
condition
to
the
nationwide
mortgage
licensing
1
system
and
registry
unless
the
mortgage
loan
originator’s
2
activity
is
included
in
a
report
submitted
by
the
mortgage
3
loan
originator’s
employer
in
accordance
with
section
535B.11,
4
subsection
3,
section
535B.18,
or
section
536A.14,
subsection
5
2.
The
reports
shall
be
in
such
form
and
shall
contain
such
6
information
as
the
nationwide
mortgage
licensing
system
and
7
registry
may
require.
8
EXPLANATION
9
This
bill
makes
several
changes
in
connection
with
banking
10
and
mortgage
regulation
by
the
division
of
banking
of
the
11
department
of
commerce.
12
The
bill
provides
that
the
superintendent
of
banking
13
is
authorized
to
ensure
that
the
division’s
information
14
technology
systems
comply
with
information
technology
15
security
requirements
established
by
any
regulatory
agency
or
16
association
of
regulatory
agencies
specified
in
Code
section
17
524.212.
18
The
bill
makes
changes
regarding
provisions
relating
to
19
a
state
bank
granting
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
a
20
corporate
group.
The
bill
provides
that,
while
not
to
be
21
construed
as
an
endorsement
of
the
quality
of
any
loan
or
22
extension
of
credit,
the
superintendent
may
authorize
a
state
23
bank
to
grant
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
a
corporate
24
group
in
an
amount
not
to
exceed
50
percent
of
aggregate
25
capital
if
all
loans
and
extensions
of
credit
to
any
one
26
borrower
within
a
corporate
group
conform
to
an
applicable
27
percentage
of
capital
limitations
and
the
financial
strength,
28
assets,
guarantee,
or
endorsement
of
any
one
corporate
group
29
member
is
not
relied
upon
as
a
basis
for
loans
and
extensions
30
of
credit
to
any
other
corporate
group
member.
31
The
bill
modifies
the
definition
of
a
corporate
group
for
32
purposes
of
applying
corporate
group
bank
lending
limits.
A
33
corporate
group
shall
include
the
interests
of
a
group
of
34
more
than
one
borrower,
or
any
combination
of
the
members
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of
the
group,
which
are
so
interrelated
that
they
should
be
1
considered
a
unit
for
the
purpose
of
applying
the
lending
2
limits;
one
or
more
persons
owning
or
controlling
50
percent
3
or
more
of
the
voting
securities
or
membership
interests
4
of
the
borrowing
entity
or
a
member
of
the
group;
one
or
5
more
persons
controlling,
in
any
manner,
the
election
of
a
6
majority
of
the
directors,
managers,
trustees,
or
other
persons
7
exercising
similar
functions
of
the
borrowing
entity
or
a
8
member
of
the
group;
or
one
or
more
persons
having
the
power
9
to
vote
50
percent
or
more
of
any
class
of
voting
securities
10
or
membership
interests
of
the
borrowing
entity
or
a
member
11
of
the
group.
The
bill
states
that
required
documentation
to
12
demonstrate
compliance
with
corporate
group
bank
lending
limits
13
includes,
at
a
minimum,
demonstrating
the
current
ownership
14
of
the
borrowing
entity,
identifying
the
persons
who
have
15
voting
rights
in
the
borrowing
entity,
identifying
the
board
16
of
directors
and
senior
management
of
the
borrowing
entity,
17
and
the
bank’s
assessment
of
the
borrowing
entity’s
means
of
18
servicing
the
loan
or
extension
of
credit
including
specific
19
reasons
in
support
of
that
assessment.
20
The
bill
deletes
a
provision
which
states
that
a
bank
shall
21
not
operate
a
loan
production
office
or
deposit
production
22
office
in
Iowa
unless
either
the
bank
has
received
approval
23
from
the
superintendent
or
the
bank
operated
the
loan
24
production
office
or
deposit
production
office
prior
to
July
25
1,
2006.
26
The
bill
includes
in
the
list
of
exemptions
from
a
bank’s
27
lending
limit
a
renewal
or
restructuring
of
a
loan
as
a
new
28
loan
or
extension
of
credit
if
efforts
had
been
made
to
bring
29
the
loan
into
conformance
with
the
lending
limit,
unless
as
30
part
of
the
renewal
or
restructuring
new
funds
are
advanced
31
by
the
bank
to
the
borrower
or
a
new
borrower
replaces
the
32
original
borrower
or
the
superintendent
determines
that
a
33
renewal
or
restructuring
was
undertaken
as
a
means
to
evade
the
34
bank’s
lending
limit.
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The
bill
provides
that
a
mortgage
banker
or
mortgage
broker
1
licensed
under
Code
chapter
535B
may
not
establish
branch
2
locations
outside
of
the
United
States,
specifies
that
an
3
applicant
incorporated
under
the
laws
of
another
state
in
the
4
United
States
must
be
authorized
to
do
business
in
Iowa,
and
5
specifies
that
businesses
that
are
incorporated
outside
of
the
6
United
States
are
not
eligible
for
licensure.
7
The
bill
adds
persons
or
entities
licensed
under
Code
8
chapter
535D,
the
mortgage
licensing
act,
to
provisions
9
prohibiting
the
superintendent,
general
counsel,
examiners,
10
and
other
employees
of
the
banking
division,
if
engaged
in
11
credit
relations
with
the
person
or
entity,
from
participating
12
in
specified
regulatory
actions
over
the
person
or
entity.
13
The
bill
provides
that
an
individual
shall
not
engage
in
14
the
business
of
a
mortgage
loan
originator
with
respect
15
to
any
dwelling
or
residential
real
estate
located
in
this
16
state
without
obtaining
and
maintaining
a
license
under
Code
17
chapter
535D.
This
provision
had
previously
been
restricted
18
to
“residential
real
estate”.
The
bill
establishes
a
new
19
requirement
that
each
mortgage
loan
originator
licensee
under
20
the
Code
chapter
shall
submit
to
the
nationwide
mortgage
21
licensing
system
and
registry
reports
of
condition
required
by
22
the
system
and
registry,
unless
the
mortgage
loan
originator’s
23
activity
is
included
in
a
mortgage
call
report
submitted
by
24
the
originator’s
employer
in
accordance
with
specified
Code
25
sections.
26
-7-
LSB
1246YC
(1)
84
rn/sc
7/
7