SB 6381 -
By Committee on Insurance, Financial Services & Consumer Protection
ADOPTED 03/04/2008
Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:
"NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 19.146
RCW to read as follows:
(1) A mortgage broker has a fiduciary relationship with the
borrower. For the purposes of this section, the fiduciary duty means
that the mortgage broker has the following duties:
(a) A mortgage broker must act in the borrower's best interest and
in the utmost good faith toward the borrower, and shall disclose any
and all interests to the borrower including, but not limited to,
interests that may lie with the lender that are used to facilitate a
borrower's request. A mortgage broker shall not accept, provide, or
charge any undisclosed compensation or realize any undisclosed
remuneration that inures to the benefit of the mortgage broker on an
expenditure made for the borrower;
(b) A mortgage broker must carry out all lawful instructions
provided by the borrower;
(c) A mortgage broker must disclose to the borrower all material
facts of which the mortgage broker has knowledge that might reasonably
affect the borrower's rights, interests, or ability to receive the
borrower's intended benefit from the residential mortgage loan;
(d) A mortgage broker must use reasonable care in performing
duties; and
(e) A mortgage broker must provide an accounting to the borrower
for all money and property received from the borrower.
(2) A mortgage broker may contract for or collect a fee for
services rendered if the fee is disclosed to the borrower in advance of
the provision of those services.
(3) The fiduciary duty in this section does not require a mortgage
broker to offer or obtain access to loan products and services other
than those that are available to the mortgage broker at the time of the
transaction.
(4) The director must adopt rules to implement this section."
Correct the title.
EFFECT: Language regarding other state law requirements for fiduciaries is removed. Language prohibiting a broker from compromising a borrower's interest is removed. Language requiring the disclosure of all interests to the borrower is added. A mortgage broker is not required to offer or obtain access to loans or services that are not available to the mortgage broker at the time of the transaction. The Director of the Department of Financial Institutions must adopt rules to implement the section.