BILL NUMBER: AB 2330	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Ridley-Thomas

                        FEBRUARY 18, 2016

   An act to amend Section 10083.2 of the Business and Professions
Code, relating to real estate licensees.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2330, as introduced, Ridley-Thomas. Real estate licensees.
   The Real Estate Law provides for the licensure and regulation of
real estate brokers and real estate salespersons by the Bureau of
Real Estate headed by the Real Estate Commissioner. Existing law
requires the commissioner to provide on the Internet specific
information regarding the status of every license issued by the
department.
   This bill would require that information to include whether a
licensee is an associate licensee and, if the associate licensee is a
broker, to identify each responsible broker with whom the licensee
is contractually associated.
   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 10083.2 of the Business and Professions Code is
amended to read:
   10083.2.  (a)  (1)    The commissioner shall
provide on the Internet information regarding the status of every
license issued by the department in accordance with the California
Public Records Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 6250) of
Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code) and the Information
Practices Act of 1977 (Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1798) of
Title 1.8 of Part 4 of Division 3 of the Civil Code).  The

    (2)     The  public information to be
provided on the Internet shall include information on suspensions and
revocations of licenses issued by the department and accusations
filed pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5
(commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of
the Government Code) relative to persons or businesses subject to
licensure or regulation by the department.  The
    (3)     The public  information shall
not include personal information, including home telephone number,
date of birth, or social security number. The commissioner shall
disclose a licensee's address of record. However, the commissioner
shall allow a licensee to provide a post office box number or other
alternate address, instead of his or her home address, as the address
of record. This section shall not preclude the commissioner from
also requiring a licensee who has provided a post office box number
or other alternative mailing address as his or her address of record
to provide a physical business address or residence address only for
the department's internal administrative use and not for disclosure
as the licensee's address of record or disclosure on the Internet.

   (4) The public information shall also include whether a licensee
is an associate licensee within the meaning of subdivision (b) of
Section 2079.13 of the Civil Code and, if the associate licensee is a
broker, identify each responsible broker with whom the licensee is
contractually associated as described in Section 10032 of this code
or Section 2079.13 of the Civil Code. 
   (b) For purposes of this section, "Internet" has the meaning set
forth in paragraph (6) of subdivision (f) of Section 17538.