Sec. 31.

(1) Except as otherwise provided in section 1512 of the SAFE act, 12 USC 1511, the requirements of the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246, or any federal law concerning the privacy or confidentiality of any information or material provided to the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry, and any privilege arising under federal or state law or the rules of any federal or state court concerning that information or material shall continue to apply to that information or material after the information or material is disclosed to the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry. Any information or material described in this section may be shared with any state and federal regulatory official with mortgage industry oversight authority without the loss of privilege or the loss of confidentiality protections provided by federal law or the freedom of information act, 1976 PA 442, MCL 15.231 to 15.246.

(2) For purposes of this section, the commissioner may enter into agreements or sharing arrangements with other governmental agencies, the conference of state bank supervisors, the American association of residential mortgage regulators, or other associations representing governmental agencies, as established by rule or order of the commissioner.

(3) Any information or material that is subject to a privilege or confidentiality under subsection (1) shall not be subject to any of the following:

(a) Disclosure under any federal or state law governing the disclosure to the public of information held by an officer or an agency of the federal government or the respective state.

(b) Subpoena or discovery, or admission into evidence, in any private civil action or administrative process, unless with respect to any privilege held by the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry with respect to the information or material, the person to which the information or material pertains waives, in whole or in part, in that person's discretion, that privilege.

(4) This section does not apply to any information or material relating to the employment history of, and publicly adjudicated disciplinary and enforcement actions against, a mortgage loan originator that is included in the nationwide mortgage licensing system and registry for access by the public.

History: 2009, Act 75, Eff. July 31, 2009