CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1191

Chapter 129, Laws of 2011

62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session



MORTGAGE LENDING FRAUD PROSECUTION ACCOUNT--EXTENSION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/29/11

Passed by the House February 26, 2011
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 7, 2011
  Yeas 47   Nays 1


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1191 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 20, 2011, 1:59 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 20, 2011







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1191
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Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By Representatives Ryu, Kirby, Buys, Fitzgibbon, and Bailey; by request of Department of Financial Institutions

Read first time 01/14/11.   Referred to Committee on Business & Financial Services.



     AN ACT Relating to the expiration dates of the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account and its revenue source; amending RCW 43.320.140 and 36.22.181; providing an effective date; providing expiration dates; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1   RCW 43.320.140 and 2006 c 21 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The mortgage lending fraud prosecution account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from the surcharge imposed in RCW 36.22.181, except those retained by the county auditor for administration, must be deposited into the account. Except as otherwise provided in this section, expenditures from the account may be used only for criminal prosecution of fraudulent activities related to mortgage lending fraud crimes. Only the director of the department of financial institutions or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
     (2) This section expires June 30, ((2011)) 2016.

Sec. 2   RCW 36.22.181 and 2006 c 21 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a surcharge of one dollar shall be charged by the county auditor at the time of recording of each deed of trust, which will be in addition to any other charge authorized by law. The auditor may retain up to five percent of the funds collected to administer collection. The remaining funds shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer who will deposit the funds into the mortgage lending fraud prosecution account created in RCW 43.320.140. The department of financial institutions is responsible for the distribution of the funds in the account and shall, in consultation with the attorney general and local prosecutors, develop rules for the use of these funds to pursue criminal prosecution of fraudulent activities within the mortgage lending process.
     (2) The surcharge imposed in this section does not apply to assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust.
     (3) This section expires June 30, ((2011)) 2016.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect June 29, 2011.


         Passed by the House February 26, 2011.
         Passed by the Senate April 7, 2011.
         Approved by the Governor April 20, 2011.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 20, 2011.