S.B. No. 232
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to use of the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and
  Registry in connection with the regulatory authority of the
  consumer credit commissioner.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 14, Finance Code, is
  amended by adding Section 14.109 to read as follows:
         Sec. 14.109.  USE OF THE NATIONWIDE MORTGAGE LICENSING
  SYSTEM AND REGISTRY. (a)  In this section, "Nationwide Mortgage
  Licensing System and Registry" or "nationwide registry" means a
  licensing system developed and maintained by the Conference of
  State Bank Supervisors and an affiliated organization to manage
  mortgage licenses and other financial services licenses or a
  successor registry.
         (b)  This section applies only to:
               (1)  this chapter; and
               (2)  Chapter 342, 348, 351, 393, or 394.
         (c)  The commissioner may require that a person submit
  through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System and Registry in
  the form and manner prescribed by the commissioner and acceptable
  to the registry any information or document or payment of a fee
  required to be submitted to the commissioner under:
               (1)  a chapter to which this section applies; or
               (2)  rules adopted under the chapter.
         (d)  The commissioner may use the nationwide registry as a
  channeling agent for obtaining information required for licensing
  or registration purposes under a chapter listed in Subsection
  (b)(2) or rules adopted under the chapter, including:
               (1)  criminal history record information from the
  Federal Bureau of Investigation, the United States Department of
  Justice, or any other agency or entity at the commissioner's
  discretion;
               (2)  information related to any administrative, civil,
  or criminal findings by a governmental jurisdiction; and
               (3)  information requested by the commissioner under
  Section 342.101(a)(4), 348.502(a)(3), 351.101(a)(4),
  393.604(a)(5), or 394.204(c)(8).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 232 passed the Senate on
  March 13, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 232 passed the House on
  May 17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 129, Nays 5, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor