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THIRD READING
Bill No: AB 1381
Author: Weber (D)
Amended: 6/1/16 in Senate
Vote: 21
SENATE BUS., PROF. & ECON. DEV. COMMITTEE: 7-1, 6/13/16
AYES: Hill, Block, Galgiani, Hernandez, Jackson, Mendoza,
Wieckowski
NOES: Gaines
NO VOTE RECORDED: Bates
SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE: Senate Rule 28.8
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 65-10, 1/27/16 - See last page for vote
SUBJECT: Real estate appraisers
SOURCE: Author
DIGEST: This bill requires the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers
to provide information on the Internet regarding the continuing
education courses taken by a licensee.
ANALYSIS:
Existing law:
1) Establishes the Real Estate Appraisers' Licensing and
Certification Law (Act), administered by the Bureau of Real
Estate Appraisers (BREA) within the Department of Consumer
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Affairs (DCA), which regulates the licensing of real estate
appraisers. (Business and Professions Code (BPC) § 11300 et
seq.)
2) Requires the BREA to provide on the Internet information
regarding, among other things, the status of every license
and registration issued by the BREA.
(BPC § 11317.2(a))
3) Requires the Director of the DCA to adopt regulations for
licensure which shall meet, at a minimum, the requirements
and standards established by the Appraisal Foundation and the
federal financial institutions regulatory agencies acting
pursuant to Section 1112 of the Financial Institutions Reform
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, Public Law 101-73. (BPC
§ 11340(c))
4) Requires the Director to adopt regulations governing the
process and procedures for renewal of a license, which shall
include, but not be limited to, continuing education
requirements, which shall be reported on the basis of
four-year continuing education cycles. (BPC § 11360)
This bill:
1) Requires the BREA to provide, on the Internet, information
regarding the continuing education courses taken by a
licensee.
2) Removes obsolete references to the Office of Real Estate
Appraisers and inserts the word "Bureau".
Background
Continuing Education for Licensees. The term of a California
real estate appraiser's license is two years. All licensed
appraisers must meet minimum continuing education requirements
before renewing their license. A total of 56 hours of
continuing education is required during the four-year continuing
education cycle including the following mandatory courses for
all license categories.
7-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
Practice (USPAP) course-required every two years.
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4-hour BREA approved course entitled "Federal and State Laws
and Regulations"- required every four years. This 4-hour
course is an addition since the last sunset review.
(California Code of Regulations, Title 10, § 3543)
In practical terms, this requires a renewal of the 7-hour USPAP
course every two years on its own, and a full continuing
education (56 hours) renewal every four years. Generally the
requirement is a full continuing education 56 hour renewal every
other two year cycle, with a reduced 7 hour continuing education
renewal cycle in between.
Continuing education courses or seminars must cover appraisal
related topics including subjects such as land use planning,
appraisal computer applications, cost estimating, and green
building appraisals.
FISCAL EFFECT: Appropriation: No Fiscal
Com.:YesLocal: No
SUPPORT: (Verified6/28/16)
Broadway Heights Community Council
OPPOSITION: (Verified6/28/16)
None received
ARGUMENTS IN SUPPORT: Broadway Heights Community Council
underscores, "AB 1381 would provide the public with additional
information on the continuing education courses taken when an
appraiser seeks to renew his or her license. By listing an
appraiser's continuing education courses, the public will have a
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better understanding of who appraises their property. In
addition, businesses would be better able to evaluate candidates
and select appraisers with certain specializations."
ASSEMBLY FLOOR: 65-10, 1/27/16
AYES: Achadjian, Alejo, Travis Allen, Baker, Bloom, Bonilla,
Bonta, Brown, Burke, Calderon, Campos, Chau, Chávez, Chiu,
Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Dababneh, Dahle, Daly, Dodd, Eggman,
Frazier, Cristina Garcia, Eduardo Garcia, Gatto, Gipson,
Gomez, Gonzalez, Gordon, Hadley, Roger Hernández, Holden,
Irwin, Jones, Jones-Sawyer, Lackey, Levine, Linder, Lopez,
Low, Maienschein, Mathis, Mayes, McCarty, Medina, Mullin,
Nazarian, O'Donnell, Olsen, Quirk, Rendon, Ridley-Thomas,
Rodriguez, Salas, Santiago, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting,
Wagner, Waldron, Weber, Williams, Wood, Atkins
NOES: Bigelow, Brough, Beth Gaines, Gallagher, Grove, Harper,
Melendez, Obernolte, Steinorth, Wilk
NO VOTE RECORDED: Chang, Gray, Kim, Patterson
Prepared by:Mark Mendoza / B., P. & E.D. / (916) 651-4104
6/29/16 15:45:53
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