BILL ANALYSIS Ó
AB 685
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Date of Hearing: April 22, 2015
ASSEMBLY COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS
Jimmy Gomez, Chair
AB
685 (Irwin) - As Amended April 8, 2015
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Urgency: No State Mandated Local Program: YesReimbursable:
No
SUMMARY: This bill makes several changes to the conditions
under which the California Bureau of Real Estate (CalBRE) may
deny, suspend, or revoke a real estate license, and requires a
licensee to report the bringing of a criminal complaint charging
a felony against the licensee.
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FISCAL EFFECT:
Costs are minor and absorbable within existing CalBRE resources.
COMMENTS:
1)Purpose. According to the Author, "AB 685 is a cleanup of the
Real Estate Law intended to provide greater clarity as well as
remove any redundancy. The measure will (1) allow CalBRE to
deny the issuance of a license due to unpaid fine, (2) allow
CalBRE to discipline a licensee for actions taken against
another state license if the behavior that resulted in that
action would have resulted in the discipline of a real estate
licensee, and (3) make it clear that licensees must report any
information regarding the charging of a felony to CalBRE.
These are changes that will allow CalBRE to better oversee the
licensure and discipline of real estate licensees."
2)Previous legislation.
a) SB 875 (Price), Chapter 380, Statutes of 2012, among
other things, authorized CalBRE to use additional
procedures when denying a license and deleted an obsolete
provision dealing with the issuing of conditional licenses.
b) SB 706 (Price), Chapter 712, Statutes of 2011, made
enforcement enhancements to the Department of Real Estate
(DRE) and the Office of Real Estate Appraisers (OREA);
transferred OREA into DRE; required DRE to appoint a Real
Estate Advisory Commission; and required licensing boards
to post information about licensees on the Internet.
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Analysis Prepared by:Jennifer Swenson / APPR. / (916)
319-2081