85R6268 AJA-F
 
  By: Watson, Rodríguez, Zaffirini S.B. No. 1995
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to disclosures in connection with certain wrap mortgage
  loan transactions; providing a criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subtitle E, Title 3, Finance Code, is amended by
  adding Chapter 160 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 160. RESIDENTIAL WRAP MORTGAGE LOAN FINANCING
  SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
         Sec. 160.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
               (1)  "Residential mortgage loan" and "residential real
  estate" have the meanings assigned by Section 180.002.
               (2)  "Wrap borrower" means a person obligated to pay a
  wrap mortgage loan.
               (3)  "Wrap lender" means a person who makes a wrap
  mortgage loan.
               (4)  "Wrap mortgage loan" means a residential mortgage
  loan:
                     (A)  made to finance the purchase of residential
  real estate that will continue to be subject to an unreleased lien
  that:
                           (i)  attached to the residential real estate
  before the loan was made; and
                           (ii)  secures a debt incurred by a person
  other than the wrap borrower that was not paid off at the time the
  loan was made; and
                     (B)  obligating the wrap borrower to the wrap
  lender for payment of a debt the principal amount of which includes:
                           (i)  the outstanding balance of the debt
  described by Paragraph (A)(ii); and
                           (ii)  any remaining amount of the purchase
  price financed by the wrap lender.
  SUBCHAPTER B. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS
         Sec. 160.051.  DISCLOSURE STATEMENT. (a) A wrap lender not
  otherwise required to provide a written disclosure statement to the
  wrap borrower under Section 5.016, Property Code, must, on or
  before the seventh day before the wrap mortgage loan agreement is
  entered into, provide to the wrap borrower and each holder of a lien
  described by Section 160.001(4)(A), a separate written disclosure
  statement in at least 12-point type that contains the information
  required for a written disclosure statement under Section 5.016,
  Property Code.
         (b)  Regardless of whether the wrap lender provides a written
  disclosure statement under Subsection (a) or under Section 5.016,
  Property Code, the wrap lender's disclosure statement to the wrap
  borrower must include a statement in a form substantially similar
  to the following:
  NOTICE REGARDING PROPERTY INSURANCE: ANY INSURANCE MAINTAINED BY A
  SELLER, LENDER, OR OTHER PERSON WHO IS NOT THE BUYER OF THIS
  PROPERTY MAY NOT PROVIDE COVERAGE TO THE BUYER IF THE BUYER SUFFERS
  A LOSS OR INCURS LIABILITY IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPERTY. TO
  ENSURE THE BUYER'S INTERESTS ARE PROTECTED, THE BUYER SHOULD
  PURCHASE THE BUYER'S OWN PROPERTY INSURANCE. BEFORE PURCHASING
  THIS PROPERTY, YOU MAY WISH TO CONSULT AN INSURANCE AGENT REGARDING
  THE INSURANCE COVERAGE AVAILABLE TO YOU AS A BUYER OF THE PROPERTY.
         Sec. 160.052.  RECORD OF DISCLOSURE. A wrap lender must
  retain a copy of a disclosure statement provided under Section
  160.051 until the first anniversary of the earliest date on which
  all liens described by Section 160.001(4)(A) are released.
         Sec. 160.053.  FOREIGN LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT. Regardless of
  whether the wrap lender provides a written disclosure statement
  under Section 160.051 or under Section 5.016, Property Code, if the
  negotiations that precede the execution of the wrap mortgage loan
  agreement are conducted primarily in a language other than English,
  the wrap lender shall provide a copy of the required disclosure
  statement in that language to the wrap borrower.
         Sec. 160.054.  FAILURE TO PROVIDE DISCLOSURE: TOLLING OF
  LIMITATIONS. If a wrap lender fails to provide the disclosure
  statement as required by Section 160.051 or fails to provide the
  disclosure statement in the language required by Section 160.053,
  the limitations period applicable to any cause of action of the wrap
  borrower against the wrap lender arising out of the wrap lender's
  violation of a law of this state in connection with the wrap
  mortgage loan transaction is tolled until the 120th day after the
  date the required disclosure statement is provided. 
         Sec. 160.055.  FAILURE TO PROVIDE NOTICE: OFFENSE. (a) A
  wrap lender commits an offense if the wrap lender fails to provide a
  written disclosure statement under Section 160.051 or Section
  5.016, Property Code, that meets the requirements of this chapter
  and Section 5.016, Property Code, as applicable.
         (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 160, Finance Code, as added by this Act,
  applies only to a wrap mortgage loan made on or after the effective
  date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.