PSSB 5378 Mullet - real estate brokers license renewal requirements (S-0711.2/21)

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PSSB 5378 Mullet is the text of an act relating to real estate brokers and managing brokers license renewal requirements, amending RCW 18.85.211 and 18.85.101 and providing an effective date. Section 1 requires proof of at least the required minimum of 30 clock hours of instruction every two years. It provides that for active license renewals six hours of the required 30 hours must be focused on fair housing education and prevention of unfair practices, and that for every subsequent renewal three hours of the required 30 hours must be. Section 3 states that the act takes effect June 1, 2022.

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                                                                PSSB 5378
                                                                Mullet




1        AN ACT Relating to real estate brokers and managing brokers
2    license renewal requirements; amending RCW 18.85.211 and 18.85.101;
3    and providing an effective date.


4    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:


 5       Sec. 1.   RCW 18.85.211 and 2008 c 23 s 22 are each amended to
 6   read as follows:
 7       (1) All real estate brokers and managing brokers shall furnish
 8   proof as prescribed by rule of the director that they have
 9   successfully completed at least the required minimum number of
10   ((thirty)) 30 clock hours of instruction every two years in real
11   estate courses approved by the director to renew their licenses. The
12   director may adopt rules to limit the number of hours of distance
13   education courses that may be used for license renewal. Up to
14   ((fifteen)) 15 clock hours of instruction in excess of the required
15   ((thirty)) 30 clock hours acquired within the immediately preceding
16   two-year period may be carried forward for credit in a subsequent
17   two-year period. Examinations shall not be required to fulfill any
18   part of the education requirement in this section.
19       (2) For active license renewals, six hours of the required 30
20   hours of instruction in subsection (1) of this section must be
21   focused on fair housing education and prevention of unfair practices
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 1   with respect to real estate transactions, facilities, or services as
 2   specified in RCW 49.60.222. For every subsequent renewal, three hours
 3   of the required 30 hours of instruction in subsection (1) of this
 4   section must be focused on fair housing education and prevention of
 5   unfair   practices  with   respect   to  real   estate  transactions,
 6   facilities, or services as specified in RCW 49.60.222.
 7       (3) The department shall provide more specific training concepts
 8   within fair housing education by the requirements specified in
 9   subsection (2) of this section with the input of associations that
10   represent real estate brokers and agents, the Washington state
11   commission on African American affairs, the Washington state
12   commission on Hispanic affairs, the governor's office of Indian
13   affairs, the Washington state commission on Asian Pacific American
14   affairs, the Washington state human rights commission, the governor's
15   committee on disability issues and employment, the Washington state
16   LGBTQ   commission,  and  the  Washington   state  housing  finance
17   commission.


18       Sec. 2.   RCW 18.85.101 and 2008 c 23 s 11 are each amended to
19   read as follows:
20       (1) The minimum requirements for an individual to receive a
21   broker's license are that the individual:
22       (a) Is ((eighteen)) 18 years of age or older;
23       (b) Has a high school diploma or its equivalent;
24       (c) Except as provided in RCW 18.85.141, has furnished proof, as
25   the director may require, that the applicant has successfully
26   completed ((ninety)) 90 hours of instruction in real estate.
27   Instruction must include courses as prescribed by the director
28   including   fundamentals,  which   shall   include   three hours  of
29   instruction on fair housing and consumer protection issues, and
30   practices. Each course must be completed within two years before
31   applying for the broker's license examination and be approved by the
32   director. The applicant must pass a course examination, approved by
33   the director for each course used to satisfy the broker's license
34   requirement; and
35       (d) Has passed the broker's license examination.
36       (2) The broker's license may be renewed upon completion of
37   continuing education courses and payment of the renewal fee as
38   prescribed by the director. The education requirements for the first
39   renewal of the broker's license must include ((ninety)) 90 hours of
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1   courses as prescribed by the director, including real estate law,
2   which shall include three hours of instruction on fair housing and
3   consumer protection issues, advance practices, and continuing
4   education.
5       (3) The broker is licensed to one firm at a time and is
6   supervised by a designated or managing broker.

7      NEW SECTION.   Sec. 3.   This act takes effect June 1, 2022.

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