BILL REQ. #:  S-3970.1 

Read first time 01/21/2004.   Referred to Committee on Commerce & Trade.

     AN ACT Relating to real estate appraiser employers; amending RCW 18.140.160; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 18.140.160 and 2002 c 86 s 239 are each amended to read as follows:
     In addition to the unprofessional conduct described in RCW 18.235.130, the director may take disciplinary action for the following conduct, acts, or conditions:
     (1) Failing to meet the minimum qualifications for state ((licensure or)) certification or licensure established by or ((pursuant to)) under this chapter;
     (2) Paying money other than the fees provided for by this chapter to any employee of the director or the commission to procure state ((licensure or)) certification or licensure under this chapter;
     (3) Continuing to act as a ((state-licensed or)) state-certified real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser when his or her ((license or)) certificate or license is on an expired status;
     (4) Violating any provision of this chapter or any lawful rule made by the director pursuant thereto;
     (5) Issuing an appraisal report on any real property in which the appraiser has an interest unless his or her interest is clearly stated in the appraisal report; and
     (6) Being affiliated as an ((employee or independent contractor with a state-licensed or state-certified real estate appraiser when the appraiser's license or certificate has been revoked due to disciplinary action)) employer, independent contractor, or supervisory appraiser of a state-certified real estate appraiser or state-licensed real estate appraiser whose certification or license is currently in a suspended or revoked status.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect June 1, 2004.