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 1                    AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 3868

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend House Bill 3868  by  replacing
 3    the title with the following:
 4        "AN  ACT  to  create the Home Loan Collateral Fund Act.";
 5    and

 6    by replacing everything after the enacting  clause  with  the
 7    following:

 8        "Section  1.   Short title.  This Act may be cited as the
 9    Home Loan Collateral Fund Act.

10        Section 5.  Definitions.  For purposes of this Act:
11        "Financial institution" means a bank,  savings  and  loan
12    association,  savings  bank, or credit union that is lawfully
13    doing business in this State.
14        "Fund" means, unless the context requires otherwise,  the
15    Home Loan Collateral Fund established by this Act.
16        "Home  loan"  means a loan, other than an open-end credit
17    plan or a reverse mortgage transaction,  for  which  (i)  the
18    principal  amount  of  the  loan  does  not exceed 50% of the
19    conforming loan size limit for a  single-family  dwelling  as
20    established  from  time  to  time  by  the  Federal  National
21    Mortgage  Association, (ii) the borrower is a natural person,
 
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 1    (iii) the debt is incurred  by  the  borrower  primarily  for
 2    personal, family, or household purposes, and (iv) the loan is
 3    secured  by  a  mortgage or deed of trust on real estate upon
 4    which there is located or there is to be located a  structure
 5    designed principally for the occupancy of one family and that
 6    is  or  will  be  occupied  by the borrower as the borrower's
 7    principal dwelling.

 8        Section 10.  Home Loan Collateral Fund.   The  Home  Loan
 9    Collateral  Fund  is  created  as a special fund in the State
10    treasury.  The  Fund  shall  be  administered  by  the  State
11    Treasurer  to  provide  collateral  for Illinois citizens who
12    have applied for a home loan from a financial institution  or
13    who  have  an  existing  home  loan  that requires additional
14    security to avoid foreclosure or other adverse  action.   All
15    interest  earned  from  the  investment  or deposit of moneys
16    accumulated in the Fund shall, pursuant to Section 4.1 of the
17    State Finance Act, be deposited into  the  Fund.   The  State
18    Treasurer shall transfer from the General Revenue Fund to the
19    Fund   an   amount   equal  to  the  full  amount  of  moneys
20    appropriated by the General  Assembly  for  transfer  to  the
21    Fund.

22        Section  15.   Administration.  The State Treasurer shall
23    administer the Fund as follows:
24        (1)  Upon  application   by   a   financial   institution
25    extending  a  home  loan  to an Illinois citizen purchasing a
26    home in Illinois, the State Treasurer may pledge a portion of
27    the Fund to the financial institution.   The  amount  of  the
28    Fund  pledged  to  secure a home loan shall not exceed 10% of
29    the appraised value of the home. In order for a home loan  to
30    qualify  for  collateralization  from the Fund, the financial
31    institution  making  the  loan  must  certify  to  the  State
32    Treasurer that the financial institution would not offer  the
 
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 1    borrower  a home loan pursuant to the financial institution's
 2    prevailing credit standards without the pledge of  additional
 3    collateral from the Fund.
 4        (2)  Upon  application  by  a  financial institution, the
 5    State Treasurer may  pledge  a  portion  of  the  Fund  to  a
 6    financial  institution  that  has  made  a  home  loan  to an
 7    Illinois citizen who has failed to make payments on the  home
 8    loan  as  a  result  of a temporary layoff or disability.  To
 9    qualify, the borrower must have resumed  making  payments  on
10    the  home  loan and have made at least 2 consecutive payments
11    at the time of application.  The pledge from the Fund must be
12    used to secure the payments on the home loan  that  are  past
13    due.   The  amount of the Fund that is pledged to a financial
14    institution for a home loan shall not exceed  the  amount  of
15    the mortgage payments that are past due.
16        (3)  No more than 3% of the Fund may be pledged to secure
17    home  loans  that  are  or  would be outstanding from any one
18    financial institution at any point in time.
19        (4)  The State Treasurer's costs to administer  the  Fund
20    may be paid from the Fund.  The amount paid from the Fund for
21    this  purpose  may not exceed 5% of the amount of the Fund in
22    any one State fiscal year.

23        Section 20.  Participation by financial institutions.  No
24    financial institution shall be compelled in any  instance  to
25    apply  for  a pledge of collateral from the Fund or to modify
26    its credit standards with respect to any pending  application
27    for  a  home loan as a result of its decision to apply or not
28    to apply for a  pledge  of  collateral  from  the  Fund.  The
29    acceptance  of  a pledge of collateral from the Fund does not
30    prohibit the financial institution from exercising collection
31    actions or from taking other adverse action with respect to a
32    home loan  if  the  status  of  the  home  loan  deteriorates
33    subsequent to the acceptance of the pledge from the Fund.
 
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 1        Section  25.   Rules and procedures.  The State Treasurer
 2    shall establish rules and procedures for  the  administration
 3    of  the Fund and the Home Loan Collateral Fund Act including,
 4    but  not  limited  to,  the  process  by  which  a  financial
 5    institution may apply for a pledge of a portion of  the  Fund
 6    and  the  process  or  criteria  that the State Treasurer may
 7    employ in approving or denying an application by a  financial
 8    institution.

 9        Section  95.   The State Finance Act is amended by adding
10    Section 5.541 as follows:

11        (30 ILCS 105/5.541 new)
12        Sec. 5.541.  The Home Loan Collateral Fund.  This Fund is
13    not subject to the provisions of subsection  (c)  of  Section
14    5.".

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