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Panel advances bill to speed removal of bogus UCC liens against public officials
Summary
The Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee voted unanimously to send House Bill 13,42 to the Commerce Committee after sponsor Chairman Vaughn said the measure will streamline an expedited process for public officials to challenge fraudulent UCC liens.
The Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee voted 7-0 to send House Bill 13,42 to the House Commerce Committee after Chairman Vaughn said the measure creates a faster administrative path for public officials to challenge fraudulent UCC liens.
Chairman Vaughn, the bill sponsor, described the problem as “bogus UCC liens filed against an official” and said they often come from “sovereign citizens or somebody with malice in their heart that’s trying to screw up somebody else’s finances.” He said the measure directs filing offices to provide documentation to an administrative law judge and requires the hearing winner to notify the filing office so the lien can be dissolved or reinstated as appropriate.
The bill’s two principal provisions, as explained by Vaughn, allow an office that holds information about a challenged UCC lien to transmit specific documents to an administrative law judge for an expedited hearing and require the prevailing party to notify the filing office of the hearing outcome so that the filing office can take the appropriate steps. Vaughn said the change is intended to limit the credit and administrative harms that follow such filings.
The clerk recorded the vote as seven ayes, zero nos. Committee members did not request further study or amendments on the floor before the vote. The bill will next be considered by the House Commerce Committee.
No statute names, penalty amounts or implementation timelines were specified in the subcommittee discussion.
