Sec. 3. A political subdivision may not do any of the following:

(1) Enact, issue, or enforce ordinances, resolutions, regulations, orders, requests for proposals, or requests for bids pertaining to mortgage foreclosure activities or practices and rules that disqualify persons from doing business with a municipality and that are based upon mortgage foreclosure activities or practices.

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Terms Used In Indiana Code 32-30-10.3-3

  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Federal Reserve System: The central bank of the United States. The Fed, as it is commonly called, regulates the U.S. monetary and financial system. The Federal Reserve System is composed of a central governmental agency in Washington, D.C. (the Board of Governors) and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks in major cities throughout the United States. Source: OCC
  • Foreclosure: A legal process in which property that is collateral or security for a loan may be sold to help repay the loan when the loan is in default. Source: OCC
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • National Credit Union Administration: The federal regulatory agency that charters and supervises federal credit unions. (NCUA also administers the National Credit Union Share Insurance Fund, which insures the deposits of federal credit unions.) Source: OCC
  • political subdivision: has the meaning set forth in IC 36-1-2-13. See Indiana Code 32-30-10.3-2
  • Property: includes personal and real property. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
  • United States: includes the District of Columbia and the commonwealths, possessions, states in free association with the United States, and the territories. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) Impose reporting requirements or any other obligations upon persons regarding mortgage foreclosure activities or practices or upon subsidiaries or affiliates that:

(A) are subject to the jurisdiction of the department of financial institutions;

(B) are subject to the jurisdiction or regulatory supervision of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the National Credit Union Administration, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Federal Trade Commission, the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development or the Federal Housing Finance Agency;

(C) are chartered by the United States Congress to engage in secondary market mortgage transactions;

(D) are created by the Indiana housing and community development authority; or

(E) originate, purchase, sell, assign, securitize, or service property interests or obligations created by financial transactions or loans made, executed, originated, or purchased by persons referred to in clauses (A), (B), (C), or (D).

As added by P.L.247-2015, SEC.28.