Summary


The rule amendments will update form titles, readopt certain NMLS forms, update Florida Department of Law Enforcement’s Livescan website link, correct grammatical errors, update fee payment amounts for licensure and clarify procedure for renewals, remove criminal background check fee requirement for control people for license renewals, set forth costs of fingerprint retention, delete and transfer the disciplinary guidelines provisions to a form incorporated into the rule entitled Disciplinary Guidelines for Mortgage Loan Originators and Mortgage Entities," revise and clarify Disciplinary Guidelines provision, amend the section of the Disciplinary Guidelines specifying mitigating and aggravating factors the Office considers in determining appropriate penalties, amend lock-in agreement subsection, amend books and records requirements, amend mortgage broker files requirements and delete penalty provisions, delete penalty provisions in mortgage lender files section, delete penalty provision in mortgage brokerage and lending transaction journal section; delete penalty provisions in Financial Guaranty in Lieu of Uniform Single Audit section, update law implemented, remove unncessary references to incorporated forms, remove obsolete statutory references in rule text, remove obsolete statutory references in law implemented section of rule text, and provide the current rulemaking authority for certain rules.