Anyone who takes out a mortgage loan has to pay 0.1 percent of the value of the loan into the hurricane relief fund. The reason the fee is still being collected is because the Legislature had to change the law. There were two bills introduced at the Legislature to refund mortgage fees paid since December. But the measures never made it out of committee. State officials say that it's unlikely that money will be refunded to people who paid into the fund because it would be an administrative nightmare.
Plans are to keep it as a rainy day fund for future emergencies.
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