BILL NUMBER: AB 2540	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Dababneh

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2014

   An act to amend Sections 10150 and 10151 of the Business and
Professions Code, relating to real estate license applications.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2540, as introduced, Dababneh. Real estate license
applications: email address.
   Under the Real Estate Law, the California Bureau of Real Estate,
which is headed by the Real Estate Commissioner, issues licenses to
and regulates real estate brokers and real estate salespersons.
Existing law authorizes the commissioner to prescribe the format and
content of the written applications for the real estate broker
examination, broker license, and salesperson examination.
   This bill would authorize the commissioner to additionally
prescribe the form and content of the application for both the real
estate salesperson examination and license, and would require that
each of those 4 applications require the applicant to provide a valid
email address at which the bureau may contact the applicant.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 10150 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   10150.  (a) Application for the real estate broker license
examination shall be made in writing to the commissioner. The
commissioner may prescribe the format and content of the broker
examination application. The application for the broker examination
shall be accompanied by the real estate broker license examination
fee.
   (b) Persons who have been notified by the commissioner that they
passed the real estate broker license examination may apply for a
real estate broker license. A person applying for the broker
examination may also apply for a real estate broker license. However,
a license shall not be issued until the applicant passes the real
estate broker license examination. If there is any change to the
information contained in a real estate broker license application
after the application has been submitted and before the license has
been issued, the commissioner may require the applicant to submit a
supplement to the application listing the changed information.
   (c) Application for the real estate broker license shall be made
in writing to the commissioner. The commissioner may prescribe the
format and content of the broker license application. The application
for the real estate broker license shall  require an applicant
to provide a valid email address at which the bureau may contact the
applicant and shall  be accompanied by the appropriate fee.
   (d) Application for an endorsement to act as a mortgage loan
originator, as defined in Section 10166.01, shall be made either
electronically or in writing as directed by the commissioner. The
commissioner may prescribe the format and content of the mortgage
loan originator endorsement application, which shall meet the minimum
requirements for licensing of a mortgage loan originator, pursuant
to the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing Act of 2008
(Public Law 110-289).
  SEC. 2.  Section 10151 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   10151.  (a) Application for the real estate salesperson license
examination shall be made in writing to the commissioner. The
commissioner may prescribe the format and content of the salesperson
examination application. The application for the salesperson
examination shall  require an applicant to provide a valid email
address at which the bureau may contact the applicant and shall 
be accompanied by the real estate salesperson license examination
fee.
   (b) Persons who have been notified by the commissioner that they
passed the real estate salesperson license examination may apply for
a real estate salesperson license. A person applying for the
salesperson examination may also apply for a real estate salesperson
license. However, a license shall not be issued until the applicant
passes the real estate salesperson license examination. If there is
any change to the information contained in a real estate salesperson
license application after the application has been submitted and
before the license has been issued, the commissioner may require the
applicant to submit a supplement to the application listing the
changed information.
   (c)  An   (1)     The
commissioner may prescribe the format and content of the application
for both the examination and license. The application shall require
the applicant to provide a valid email address at which the bureau
may contact the applicant. 
    (2)     An  application for the real
estate salesperson license examination or for both the examination
and license that is received by the commissioner on or after October
1, 2007, shall include evidence or certification, satisfactory to the
commissioner, of successful completion at an accredited institution
of a three-semester unit course, or the quarter equivalent thereof,
or successful completion of an equivalent course of study as defined
in Section 10153.5, in real estate principles as well as the
successful completion at an accredited institution of a course in
real estate practice and one additional course set forth in Section
10153.2, other than real estate principles, real estate practice,
advanced legal aspects of real estate, advanced real estate finance,
or advanced real estate appraisal. The applicant shall provide this
evidence or certification to the commissioner prior to taking the
real estate salesperson license examination.
   (d) The commissioner shall waive the requirements of this section
for the following applicants:
   (1) An applicant who is a member of the State Bar of California.
   (2) An applicant who has qualified to take the examination for an
original real estate broker license by satisfying the requirements of
Section 10153.2.
   (e) Application for endorsement to act as a mortgage loan
originator, as defined in Section 10166.01, shall be made either
electronically or in writing as directed by the commissioner. The
commissioner may prescribe the format and the content of the mortgage
loan originator endorsement application, which shall meet the
minimum requirements for licensing of a mortgage loan originator,
pursuant to the Secure and Fair Enforcement for Mortgage Licensing
Act of 2008 (Public Law 110-289).