SB 42 bill pending would require mortgage loan modification service providers (service provider) to register and post a $100,000 surety bond. The bond would run to the State for the benefit of the Attorney General and any consumer suffering damages as a result of the service provider s wrongful act, omission, default, fraud or misrepresentation […]
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SB 1110 would revise the existing licensing laws for mortgage lenders, brokers and originators. Existing law requires a minimum $40,000 surety bond. The law requires the bond amount to reflect the licensee’s loan origination volume and is to be set by regulations. Instead, the bill would require mortgage lenders and correspondent mortgage lenders to post
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SB 392 requires contractors organized as limited liability companies (LLCs) to post a $100,000 bond as a condition of an LLC business license. The bond is for the benefit of any employee damaged by his or her employer’s failure to pay wages, interest on wages or fringe benefits. Further, if the licensee is a party
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AB 359 would regulate foreclosure consultants. The bill would require such consultants to post a surety bond in the amount that the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs prescribed by regulations. Such consultants would not include banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, credit unions or other federally insured financial institutions or insurance companies.
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HB 549 would require debt adjustment service providers to be licensed and post a surety bond from a bonding or insurance company authorized to do business in the State. The bond would have to be in the amount that the Director of Commerce will determine based on the licensee’s financial condition, experience and risk to
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SB 736 would establish a surety bond guarantee program to help small and minority contractors with bonding.
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HB 83 reintroduces a state bond guarantee program bill that died for lack of funding last year. HB 83 would create the Surety Bond Guarantee Fund Program. The program would serve to enable disadvantaged businesses to bid competitively for certain Commonwealth contracts. The Surety Bond Guarantee Fund (Fund) would provide guarantees up to $1 million
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New legislation would reduce the license bond required for used motor vehicle dealers from $50,000 to $20,000.
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New legislation was recently introduced that would require debt collection agencies to be licensed and post a surety bond, contract of indemnity, or an irrevocable letter of credit that must be payable to the people of New York. The bond amount would be based on the number of persons employed by the licensee. A $10,000
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Last month, the Government Management, Organization and Procurement Subcommittee of the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on minority contracting issues. The Subcommittee discussed existing federal programs for minority-owned business enterprises (MBE) and disadvantaged business enterprises (DBE), as well as the challenges that these businesses have faced. The testimony featured
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