Bill Text: NY A01430 | 2009-2010 | General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: An act to amend the banking law, in relation to requiring mortgage investing institutions to provide notice when personal mortgage insurance is no longer required
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-01-06 - referred to banks [A01430 Detail]
Download: New_York-2009-A01430-Introduced.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 1430 2009-2010 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y (PREFILED) January 7, 2009 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WRIGHT -- read once and referred to the Committee on Banks AN ACT to amend the banking law, in relation to requiring mortgage investing institutions to provide notice when personal mortgage insur- ance is no longer required THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. The banking law is amended by adding a new section 6-n to 2 read as follows: 3 S 6-N. PERSONAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE. 1. DEFINITIONS. AS USED IN THIS 4 SECTION: 5 (A) "MORTGAGE INVESTING INSTITUTION" MEANS ANY BANK, TRUST COMPANY, 6 NATIONAL BANK, SAVINGS BANK, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, FEDERAL 7 SAVINGS BANK, FEDERAL SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, PRIVATE BANKER, 8 CREDIT UNION, FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, INVESTMENT COMPANY, PENSION FUND, 9 LICENSED MORTGAGE BANKER OR ANY OTHER ENTITY WHICH REQUIRES A MORTGAGOR 10 TO MAINTAIN PERSONAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE. 11 (B) "MORTGAGOR" MEANS A PERSON OR PERSONS HAVING TITLE TO AND OCCUPY- 12 ING A ONE TO FOUR FAMILY RESIDENCE LOCATED IN THIS STATE AND WHICH IS 13 SUBJECT TO A MORTGAGE. 14 (C) "PERSONAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE" MEANS A POLICY OF INSURANCE, THE 15 PREMIUMS FOR WHICH ARE PAID BY A MORTGAGOR, WHICH PROVIDES COVERAGE FOR 16 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PRINCIPAL OWED ON A MORTGAGE AND THE AMOUNT 17 WHICH WOULD BE DERIVED AT A FORECLOSURE SALE OF THE REAL PROPERTY 18 SUBJECT TO SUCH MORTGAGE. 19 2. NOTICE. EVERY MORTGAGE INVESTING INSTITUTION SHALL PROVIDE WRITTEN 20 NOTICE TO A MORTGAGOR WHEN SUCH MORTGAGOR IS NO LONGER REQUIRED TO MAIN- 21 TAIN PERSONAL MORTGAGE INSURANCE COVERAGE. SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE DELIV- 22 ERED TO THE MORTGAGOR WITHIN THIRTY DAYS OF THE DATE UPON WHICH THE 23 MORTGAGOR SHALL HAVE ACQUIRED SUFFICIENT EQUITY IN THE REAL PROPERTY EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD00245-01-9 A. 1430 2 1 SUBJECT TO THE MORTGAGE SO AS TO ELIMINATE THE NECESSITY FOR PERSONAL 2 MORTGAGE INSURANCE COVERAGE. 3 S 2. This act shall take effect on the thirtieth day after it shall 4 have become a law.