SB 57 - Georgia Fair Lending Act; definitions; provide for limitations on homeloans; fees for filling documents
Current Status
04/03/09 - House Withdrawn, RecommittedFirst Reader Summary
A BILL to be entitled an Act to amend provisions of the O.C.G.A. relating to mortgages, foreclosures, and evictions; to amend Chapter 6A of Title 7 , relating to the "Georgia Fair Lending Act," ; to amend Code Section 15-6-77 of the , relating to fees to be collected by clerks of the superior courts, so as to provide for fees for filing documents pertaining to a deed under power more than 30 days following the exercise of a power of sale in a mortgage, security deed, or other lien contract; to amend Code Section 44-7-55 , relating to the writ of possession, so as to provide that a tenant with a valid lease can stay in a foreclosed property for 60 days; to amend Article 7 of Chapter 14 of Title 44 , relating to foreclosure on mortgages, so as to provide for examples of when an instrument of conveyance will be an equitable mortgage; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.
Votes
Electronically Recorded Votes| Date | Time | Vote No | Yeas | Nays | NV | Exc | Description |
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| 03/10/2009 | 12:27PM | Senate Vote #155 | 043 | 009 | 002 | 002 | PASSAGE BY SUBSTITUTE |
Status History
Bill History| Date | Action |
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| 01/28/2009 | Senate Read and Referred |
| 02/26/2009 | Senate Committee Favorably Reported |
| 03/03/2009 | Senate Read Second Time |
| 03/10/2009 | Senate Third Read |
| 03/10/2009 | Senate Passed/Adopted |
| 03/12/2009 | House First Readers |
| 03/17/2009 | House Second Readers |
| 03/30/2009 | House Committee Favorably Reported |
| 04/03/2009 | House Withdrawn, Recommitted |
