A. In order to ensure the effective supervision and enforcement of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, the Administrator of Consumer Credit may, after notice and hearing pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act, impose any or any combination of the following penalties:

1. Deny, suspend, revoke, censure, place on probation or decline to renew a license for a violation of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, any rules promulgated pursuant to the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act and any order of the Administrator or an independent hearing examiner issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act;

2. Deny, suspend, revoke, censure, place on probation or decline to renew a license if an applicant or licensee fails at any time to meet the requirements of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act or withholds information or makes a material misstatement in an application for a license or renewal of a license;

3. Order restitution against entities or individuals subject to the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act for violations of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act; or

4. Issue orders or directives under the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act as follows:

a.order or direct entities or individuals subject to the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act to cease and desist from conducting business, including immediate temporary orders to cease and desist,

b.order or direct entities or individuals subject to the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act to cease any harmful activities or violations of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, including immediate temporary orders to cease and desist,

c.enter immediate temporary orders to cease business under a license issued pursuant to the authority of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act if the Administrator or an independent hearing examiner determines that such license was erroneously granted or the licensee is currently in violation of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act,

d.order or direct such other affirmative action as the Administrator or an independent hearing examiner deems necessary, or

e.impose a civil penalty of not less than One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) nor more than Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) for each violation of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act against a licensee or any other entity or individual subject to the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act, not to exceed Five Thousand Dollars ($5,000.00) for all violations resulting from a single incident or transaction.

B. Any immediate temporary order to cease and desist issued pursuant to the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act shall comply with the requirements for emergency orders under Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act.

C. Any administrative order or settlement agreement imposing a civil penalty pursuant to this section may be enforced in the same manner as civil judgments in this state. The Administrator may file an application to enforce an administrative order or settlement agreement in the district court of Oklahoma County.

D. The Administrator shall appoint an independent hearing examiner to conduct all administrative hearings involving alleged violations of the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act. The independent hearing examiner shall have authority to exercise all powers granted by Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act in conducting hearings. The independent hearing examiner shall have authority to recommend penalties authorized by the Oklahoma Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act and issue proposed orders, with proposed findings of fact and proposed conclusions of law, to the Administrator pursuant to Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act. The Administrator shall review the proposed order and issue a final agency order in accordance with Article II of the Administrative Procedures Act. Any person aggrieved by a final agency order of the Administrator may obtain judicial review in accordance with the Oklahoma Administrative Procedures Act. The venue of any such action shall be in the district court of Oklahoma County. The costs of the hearing examiner may be assessed against the respondent, unless the respondent is the prevailing party.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 190, § 20, eff. July 1, 2009. Amended by Laws 2010, c. 415, § 30, eff. July 1, 2010; Laws 2013, c. 98, § 10, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.