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Utah Code § 67-5-31

Mortgage and Financial Fraud Investigation and Prosecution Restricted Account

Known as the Attorney General Career Service Act

The act spans §§ 67-5-1 to 67-5-9 (39 sections).

Enacted by Chapter 350, 2012 General Session

(1) There is created a restricted account within the General Fund known as the "Mortgage and Financial Fraud Investigation and Prosecution Restricted Account."

(2) The restricted account includes:

(a) $2,000,000 of deposits from the foreclosure fraud settlement agreement between the United States Justice Department, United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, and a bipartisan group of state attorneys general, including Utah's attorney general, Bank of America, Citi, JP Morgan Chase, GMAC, and Wells Fargo announced in February 2012; and

(b) any other amount appropriated by the Legislature.

(3) Money from the restricted account shall be used by the attorney general to:

(a) investigate and prosecute mortgage and financial fraud throughout the state; and

(b) fund mortgage and financial fraud investigation and prosecution staff.

Official source: Utah State Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Utah statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.