CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 5231

 

 

                   Chapter 225, Laws of 1991

 

 

                        52nd Legislature

                      1991 Regular Session

 

 

REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS--CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/28/91

 

 


Passed by the Senate April 22, 1991

  Yeas 45   Nays 0

 

 

           JOEL PRITCHARD          

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 17, 1991

  Yeas 95   Nays 0

 

 

              JOE KING             

Speaker of the

       House of Representatives

 

 

Approved May 16, 1991

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

           BOOTH GARDNER           

Governor of the State of Washington


       CERTIFICATE

 

I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5231 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

           GORDON A. GOLOB            Secretary

 

 

 

                                     FILED         

 

 

 

                 May 16, 1991 - 10:49 a.m.

 

 

 

                        Secretary of State   

                       State of Washington  



 


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                                 SENATE BILL 5231

 

                              AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

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                     Passed Legislature - 1991 Regular Session

 

 

State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

 

By Senator McCaslin.

 

Read first time January 24, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Commerce & Labor.Providing that examinations not be required for real estate licensees' continuing education.


     AN ACT Relating to real estate continuing education; and amending RCW 18.85.165 and 18.85.140.

 

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

 

     Sec. 1.  RCW 18.85.165 and 1988 c 205 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

     All real estate brokers and salespersons shall furnish proof as the director may require that they have successfully completed a total of thirty clock hours of instruction every two years in real estate courses approved by the director in order to renew their licenses.  Up to fifteen clock hours of instruction beyond the thirty hours in two years may be carried forward for credit in a subsequent two-year period.  To count towards this requirement, a course shall be commenced within thirty-six months before the proof date for renewal.  Examinations shall not be required to fulfill any part of the education requirement in this section.  This section shall apply to renewal dates after January 1, 1991.

 

     Sec. 2.  RCW 18.85.140 and 1989 c 161 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

     Before receiving his or her license every real estate broker, every associate real estate broker, and every real estate salesperson must pay a license fee as prescribed by the director by rule.  Every license issued under the provisions of this chapter expires on the applicant's second birthday following issuance of the license.  Licenses issued to partnerships expire on a date prescribed by the director by rule.  Licenses issued to corporations expire on a date prescribed by the director by rule, except that if the corporation registration or certificate of authority filed with the secretary of state expires, the real estate broker's license issued to the corporation shall expire on that date.  Licenses must be renewed every two years on or before the date established under this section and a biennial renewal license fee as prescribed by the director by rule must be paid.

     If the application for a renewal license is not received by the director on or before the renewal date, a penalty fee as prescribed by the director by rule shall be paid.  Acceptance by the director of an application for renewal after the renewal date shall not be a waiver of the delinquency.

     The license of any person whose license renewal fee is not received within one year from the date of expiration shall be canceled.  This person may obtain a new license by satisfying the procedures and ((qualifications for initial licensing, including the successful completion of any applicable examinations)) requirements as prescribed by the director by rule.

     The director shall issue to each active licensee a license and a pocket identification card in such form and size as he or she shall prescribe.


     Passed the Senate April 22, 1991.

     Passed the House April 17, 1991.

Approved by the Governor May 16, 1991.

     Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 16, 1991.