Senate Bill No. 1196

Introduced by Senator Hill

February 18, 2016

An act to amend Sections 10050 and 11301 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to real estate.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1196, as introduced, Hill. Bureau of Real Estate: Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers: review.

Existing law, the Real Estate Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate brokers and real estate salespersons by the Real Estate Commissioner, the chief officer of the Bureau of Real Estate within the Department of Consumer Affairs.

Existing law, the Real Estate Appraisers’ Licensing and Certification Law, provides for the licensure, certification, and regulation of real estate appraisers and appraisal management companies by the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers within the Department of Consumer Affairs, which is headed by the Chief of the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers.

This bill would subject the Bureau of Real Estate and the Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to review by the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature, as specified.

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 10050 of the Business and Professions
Code is amended to read:

10050.  

(a)  begin insert (1) end insert begin insert   end insert There is in the Department of Consumer Affairs
a Bureau of Real Estate, the chief officer of which bureau is named
the Real Estate Commissioner.

begin insert

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of
the bureau, as set forth in this part and Chapter 1 (commencing
with Section 11000) of Part 2, shall be subject to review by the
appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The review shall
be performed as if this part and that chapter were scheduled to be
repealed as of January 1, 2021.

end insert

(b) It shall be the principal responsibility of the commissioner
to enforce all laws in this part begin delete (commencing with Section 10000) end delete
and Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 11000) of Part 2 begin delete of this
division end delete in a manner that achieves the maximum protection for the
purchasers of real property and those persons dealing with real
estate licensees.

(c) Wherever the term “commissioner” is used in this division,
it means the Real Estate Commissioner.

SEC. 2.  

Section 11301 of the Business and Professions Code
is amended to read:

11301.  

(a) begin insert (1) end insert  There is hereby created within the Department
of Consumer Affairs a Bureau of Real Estate Appraisers to
administer and enforce this part.

begin insert

(2) Notwithstanding any other law, the powers and duties of
the bureau, as set forth in this part, shall be subject to review by
the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature. The review
shall be performed as if this part were scheduled to be repealed
as of January 1, 2021.

end insert

(b) Whenever the term “Office of Real Estate Appraisers”
appears in any other law, it means the “Bureau of Real Estate
Appraisers.”