Rep. Angelo Saviano
Filed: 3/19/2010
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1 | AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 5868
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2 | AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 5868, AS AMENDED, by | ||||||
3 | replacing everything after the enacting clause with the | ||||||
4 | following:
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5 | "Section 5. The Real Estate Appraiser Licensing Act of 2002 | ||||||
6 | is amended by changing Sections 1-10, 5-5, 10-10, 15-5, 15-15, | ||||||
7 | and 25-10 and by adding Section 5-20.3 as follows:
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8 | (225 ILCS 458/1-10)
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9 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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10 | Sec. 1-10. Definitions. As used in this Act, unless the | ||||||
11 | context
otherwise requires:
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12 | "Accredited college or university, junior college, or | ||||||
13 | community college" means a college or university, junior | ||||||
14 | college, or community college that is approved or accredited by | ||||||
15 | the Board of Higher Education, a regional or national | ||||||
16 | accreditation association, or by an accrediting agency that is |
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1 | recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education.
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2 | "Applicant" means person who applies to the Department
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3 | a license under this Act.
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4 | "Appraisal" means
(noun) the act or process of developing | ||||||
5 | an opinion
of value; an
opinion of value (adjective) of or | ||||||
6 | pertaining to appraising
and related functions, such as | ||||||
7 | appraisal practice or appraisal services. | ||||||
8 | "Appraisal assignment" means a valuation service provided | ||||||
9 | as a consequence of an agreement between an appraiser and a | ||||||
10 | client. | ||||||
11 | "Appraisal company" means any individual, corporation, | ||||||
12 | partnership, sole proprietorship, subsidiary, unit, or other | ||||||
13 | business entity that (i) administers networks of independent | ||||||
14 | contractor appraisers to perform real estate appraisal | ||||||
15 | services for clients; (ii) receives requests for real estate | ||||||
16 | appraisal services from clients and enters into an agreement | ||||||
17 | with one or more independent contractor appraisers to perform | ||||||
18 | the real estate appraisal services contained in the request; or | ||||||
19 | (iii) otherwise serves as a third-party broker of appraisal | ||||||
20 | services between clients and appraisers. | ||||||
21 | For the purposes of this definition, "appraisal company" | ||||||
22 | includes an appraisal management company. | ||||||
23 | "Appraisal consulting" means the act or process of | ||||||
24 | developing an analysis, recommendation, or opinion to solve a | ||||||
25 | problem, where an opinion of value is a component of the | ||||||
26 | analysis leading to the assignment results. |
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1 | "Appraisal management company" means a business entity | ||||||
2 | that (i) administers a network of certified and licensed | ||||||
3 | appraisers to fulfill real estate appraisal assignments on | ||||||
4 | behalf of mortgage lending institutions, as well as other | ||||||
5 | entities; (ii) recruits, qualifies, verifies the licensing of, | ||||||
6 | and negotiates fees and service level expectations with a | ||||||
7 | network of third-party appraisers; (iii) provides | ||||||
8 | administrative duties including order entry and assignment, | ||||||
9 | tracking and status updates, pre-delivery quality control, and | ||||||
10 | preliminary and hard copy report delivery; and (iv) involves | ||||||
11 | ongoing quality control, accounts payable and receivable, | ||||||
12 | market value dispute resolution, warranty administration, and | ||||||
13 | record retention. | ||||||
14 | "Appraisal practice" means valuation services performed by | ||||||
15 | an individual acting as an appraiser, including, but not | ||||||
16 | limited to, appraisal, appraisal review, or appraisal | ||||||
17 | consulting.
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18 | "Appraisal report" means any communication, written or | ||||||
19 | oral, of an appraisal, appraisal review, or appraisal | ||||||
20 | consulting service that is transmitted to a client upon | ||||||
21 | completion of an assignment.
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22 | "Appraisal review" means the act or process of developing | ||||||
23 | and communicating an opinion about the quality of another | ||||||
24 | appraiser's work that was performed as part of an appraisal, | ||||||
25 | appraisal review, or appraisal assignment.
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26 | "Appraisal Subcommittee" means the Appraisal Subcommittee |
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1 | of the Federal
Financial Institutions
Examination Council as | ||||||
2 | established by Title XI.
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3 | "Appraiser" means a person , corporation, limited liability | ||||||
4 | company, registered limited liability partnership, or | ||||||
5 | partnership that who performs
real estate or real property
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6 | appraisals. "Appraiser" does not mean an appraisal company or | ||||||
7 | appraisal management company.
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8 | "AQB" means the Appraisal Qualifications Board of the | ||||||
9 | Appraisal Foundation.
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10 | "Associate real estate trainee appraiser" means an | ||||||
11 | entry-level appraiser who holds
a license of this | ||||||
12 | classification under this Act with restrictions as to the scope | ||||||
13 | of practice
in
accordance with this Act.
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14 | "Board" means the Real Estate Appraisal Administration and | ||||||
15 | Disciplinary Board.
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16 | "Classroom hour" means 50 minutes of instruction out of | ||||||
17 | each 60 minute
segment of coursework.
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18 | "Client" means (i) the party or parties who engage an | ||||||
19 | appraiser or appraisal management company by employment or | ||||||
20 | contract in a specific assignment or (ii) the person who | ||||||
21 | utilizes the services of an appraiser or engages an appraiser | ||||||
22 | for an appraisal by employment or contract in a specific | ||||||
23 | assignment .
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24 | "Coordinator" means the Coordinator of Real Estate | ||||||
25 | Appraisal of the Division of Professional Regulation of the | ||||||
26 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation.
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1 | "Department" means the Department of Financial and | ||||||
2 | Professional Regulation.
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3 | "Due date" means the agreed upon date, based on Central | ||||||
4 | Standard Time, by which an assignment result is to be received | ||||||
5 | by the client. | ||||||
6 | "Federal financial institutions regulatory agencies" means | ||||||
7 | the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System, the | ||||||
8 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, the Office of the
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9 | Comptroller of the Currency, the
Office of Thrift Supervision, | ||||||
10 | and the National Credit Union Administration.
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11 | "Federally related transaction" means any real | ||||||
12 | estate-related financial
transaction in which a federal
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13 | financial institutions regulatory agency, the Department of | ||||||
14 | Housing
and Urban Development, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mae, or the | ||||||
15 | National
Credit Union Administration
engages in, contracts | ||||||
16 | for, or
regulates and requires the services
of an appraiser.
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17 | "Financial institution" means any bank, savings bank, | ||||||
18 | savings and loan
association, credit union,
mortgage broker, | ||||||
19 | mortgage banker, licensee under the Consumer Installment Loan
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20 | Act or the Sales
Finance Agency Act, or a corporate fiduciary, | ||||||
21 | subsidiary, affiliate, parent
company, or holding company
of | ||||||
22 | any such licensee, or any institution involved in real estate | ||||||
23 | financing that
is regulated by state or
federal law.
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24 | "Managing appraiser" means a certified appraiser who has | ||||||
25 | supervisory responsibilities for licensees in one or, in the | ||||||
26 | case of a multi-office company, more than one office and who |
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1 | has been appointed as such by the owning appraiser. | ||||||
2 | "Modular Course" means the Appraisal Qualifying Course | ||||||
3 | Design conforming to the Sub Topics Course Outline contained in | ||||||
4 | the AQB Criteria 2008.
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5 | "Real estate" means an identified parcel or tract of land, | ||||||
6 | including any
improvements.
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7 | "Real estate related financial transaction" means any | ||||||
8 | transaction involving:
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9 | (1) the sale, lease, purchase, investment in, or | ||||||
10 | exchange of real
property,
including interests
in property | ||||||
11 | or the financing thereof;
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12 | (2) the refinancing of real property or interests in | ||||||
13 | real property; and
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14 | (3) the use of real property or interest in property as | ||||||
15 | security for a
loan or
investment,
including mortgage | ||||||
16 | backed securities.
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17 | "Real property" means the interests, benefits, and rights | ||||||
18 | inherent in the
ownership of real estate.
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19 | "Secretary" means the Secretary of Financial and | ||||||
20 | Professional Regulation.
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21 | "State certified general real estate
appraiser" means an | ||||||
22 | appraiser who holds a
license of this classification under this | ||||||
23 | Act
and such classification applies to
the appraisal of all | ||||||
24 | types of real property without restrictions as to
the scope of | ||||||
25 | practice.
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26 | "State certified residential real estate
appraiser" means |
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1 | an appraiser who
holds a
license of this classification
under | ||||||
2 | this Act
and such classification applies to
the appraisal of
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3 | one to 4 units of
residential real property without regard to | ||||||
4 | transaction value or complexity,
but with restrictions as to | ||||||
5 | the
scope of practice
in a federally related transaction in | ||||||
6 | accordance with Title
XI, the provisions of USPAP,
criteria | ||||||
7 | established by the AQB, and further defined by rule.
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8 | "Supervising appraiser" means either (i) an appraiser who | ||||||
9 | holds a valid license under this Act as either a State | ||||||
10 | certified general real estate appraiser or a State certified | ||||||
11 | residential real estate appraiser, who co-signs an appraisal | ||||||
12 | report for an associate real estate trainee appraiser or (ii) a | ||||||
13 | State certified general real estate appraiser who holds a valid | ||||||
14 | license under this Act who co-signs an appraisal report for a | ||||||
15 | State certified residential real estate appraiser on | ||||||
16 | properties other than one to 4 units of residential real | ||||||
17 | property without regard to transaction value or complexity.
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18 | "Title XI" means Title XI of the federal Financial | ||||||
19 | Institutions Reform,
Recovery and
Enforcement Act of 1989.
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20 | "Turnaround time" or "turn time" means the period from when | ||||||
21 | an appraisal assignment is accepted by an appraiser or | ||||||
22 | appraisal company until it is received by the vendor management | ||||||
23 | company. | ||||||
24 | "USPAP" means the Uniform Standards of Professional | ||||||
25 | Appraisal Practice as
promulgated by the
Appraisal Standards | ||||||
26 | Board pursuant to Title XI and by rule.
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1 | "Valuation services" means services pertaining to aspects | ||||||
2 | of property value. | ||||||
3 | (Source: P.A. 96-844, eff. 12-23-09.)
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4 | (225 ILCS 458/5-5)
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5 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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6 | Sec. 5-5. Necessity of license; use of title; exemptions.
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7 | (a) It
is unlawful for a person to (i) act, offer services, | ||||||
8 | or advertise services
as a State certified general real estate
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9 | appraiser, State certified residential real estate appraiser, | ||||||
10 | or associate real estate trainee appraiser, (ii)
develop a real | ||||||
11 | estate appraisal,
(iii)
practice as a real estate
appraiser, | ||||||
12 | (iv)
advertise or hold himself or herself out to be a real | ||||||
13 | estate
appraiser, or (v) solicit clients or enter into an | ||||||
14 | appraisal engagement with clients
without a license issued | ||||||
15 | under this Act. A person who
violates this subsection is
guilty | ||||||
16 | of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 | ||||||
17 | felony for any subsequent offense.
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18 | (b) It
is unlawful for a person, other than a
person who | ||||||
19 | holds a valid license issued pursuant to this
Act as a State | ||||||
20 | certified general real estate appraiser, a
State
certified
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21 | residential real estate appraiser,
or an associate real estate | ||||||
22 | trainee appraiser to use these titles or any other title, | ||||||
23 | designation, or
abbreviation likely to create the
impression | ||||||
24 | that the person is licensed as a real estate appraiser pursuant | ||||||
25 | to
this Act. A person who
violates this subsection is guilty of |
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1 | a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony | ||||||
2 | for any subsequent offense.
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3 | (b-1) It is unlawful for any person, corporation, limited | ||||||
4 | liability company, registered limited liability partnership, | ||||||
5 | or partnership (i) to act as an appraiser or appraisal company | ||||||
6 | or to advertise or assume to act as such appraiser or appraisal | ||||||
7 | company without a properly issued license issued under this Act | ||||||
8 | by the Department, either directly or through its authorized | ||||||
9 | designee; (ii) to develop a real estate appraisal; (iii) to | ||||||
10 | practice as a real estate appraiser; (iv) to advertise or hold | ||||||
11 | himself, herself, or itself out to be a real estate appraiser | ||||||
12 | or appraisal company; or (v) to solicit clients or enter into | ||||||
13 | an appraisal engagement with clients without a real estate | ||||||
14 | appraiser license or appraisal company license issued under | ||||||
15 | this Act. A person who violates this subsection (b-1) is guilty | ||||||
16 | of a Class A misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 | ||||||
17 | felony for any subsequent offense. | ||||||
18 | (b-2) No corporation shall be granted a license or engage | ||||||
19 | in the business or capacity, either directly or indirectly, of | ||||||
20 | a real estate appraiser or appraisal company, unless every | ||||||
21 | officer of the corporation who actively participates in the | ||||||
22 | activities of the corporation holds a license as a certified | ||||||
23 | general real estate appraiser or a certified residential real | ||||||
24 | estate appraiser and unless every employee who acts as an | ||||||
25 | appraiser for the corporation holds a license as a certified | ||||||
26 | general real estate appraiser, a certified residential real |
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1 | estate appraiser, or an associate real estate appraisal | ||||||
2 | trainee. | ||||||
3 | (b-3) No partnership shall be granted a license or engage | ||||||
4 | in the business or serve in the capacity, either directly or | ||||||
5 | indirectly, of a real estate appraiser or appraisal company | ||||||
6 | unless every general partner in the partnership holds a license | ||||||
7 | as a certified general real estate appraiser or as a certified | ||||||
8 | residential real estate appraiser and unless every employee who | ||||||
9 | acts as an appraiser holds a license as a certified general | ||||||
10 | real estate appraiser, a certified residential appraiser, or as | ||||||
11 | an associate real estate appraisal trainee. | ||||||
12 | In the case of a registered limited liability partnership | ||||||
13 | (LLP), every partner in the LLP must hold a license as a | ||||||
14 | certified certified general real estate appraiser or as a | ||||||
15 | certified residential real estate appraiser and every employee | ||||||
16 | who acts as an appraiser must hold a license as a certified | ||||||
17 | general real estate appraiser, a certified residential real | ||||||
18 | estate appraiser, or an associate real estate appraisal | ||||||
19 | trainee. | ||||||
20 | (b-4) No limited liability company shall be granted a | ||||||
21 | license or engage in the business or serve in the capacity, | ||||||
22 | either directly or indirectly, of a real estate appraiser or | ||||||
23 | appraisal company unless every member, employee, and | ||||||
24 | independent contractor of the limited liability company who | ||||||
25 | acts as an appraiser holds a license as a certified residential | ||||||
26 | real estate appraiser or an associate real estate appraisal |
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1 | trainee. | ||||||
2 | (b-5) No person, corporation, limited liability company, | ||||||
3 | registered limited liability partnership, or partnership shall | ||||||
4 | be licensed to conduct an appraisal business if an individual | ||||||
5 | or group of individuals who are not licensed as certified | ||||||
6 | appraisers in this State directly own or indirectly control | ||||||
7 | more than 49% of the shares of stock or other ownership in the | ||||||
8 | partnership or corporation. | ||||||
9 | (b-6) Except as provided in this Section, each appraiser | ||||||
10 | shall maintain a definite office or place of business within | ||||||
11 | this State for the transaction of appraisal business, and shall | ||||||
12 | conspicuously display his or her license in his or her office | ||||||
13 | or place of business. An appraiser who is licensed in this | ||||||
14 | State pursuant to Sections 5-10, 5-15, and 5-30 of this Act | ||||||
15 | shall not be required to maintain a definite office or place of | ||||||
16 | business in this State provided all of the following conditions | ||||||
17 | are met: | ||||||
18 | (1) the appraiser maintains an active certified | ||||||
19 | general real estate appraiser license or a certified | ||||||
20 | residential real estate appraiser license in the | ||||||
21 | appraiser's state of domicile | ||||||
22 | (2) the appraiser maintains an office in the | ||||||
23 | appraiser's state of domicile; and | ||||||
24 | (3) the appraiser has filed with the Department written | ||||||
25 | statements appointing the Secretary to act as the | ||||||
26 | appraiser's agent upon whom all judicial and other process |
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1 | or legal notices directed to the licensee may be served and | ||||||
2 | agreeing to abide by all of the provisions of this Act with | ||||||
3 | respect to his or her appraisal activities within the State | ||||||
4 | of Illinois and submitting to the jurisdiction of the | ||||||
5 | Department. | ||||||
6 | (b-7) Except as provided in this Section, each appraisal | ||||||
7 | company shall maintain a definite office or place of business | ||||||
8 | within this State for the transaction of appraisal business, | ||||||
9 | and shall conspicuously display its license in its office or | ||||||
10 | place of business. An appraisal company that is licensed in | ||||||
11 | this State pursuant to Section 5-20.3 of this Act shall not be | ||||||
12 | required to maintain a definite office or place of business in | ||||||
13 | this State provided all of the following conditions are met: | ||||||
14 | (1) the appraisal company is authorized to conduct | ||||||
15 | business as an appraisal company in its state of domicile | ||||||
16 | (2) the appraisal company maintains an office in its | ||||||
17 | state of domicile; and | ||||||
18 | (3) the appraisal company has filed with the Department | ||||||
19 | written statements appointing the Secretary to act as the | ||||||
20 | appraisal company's agent upon whom all judicial and other | ||||||
21 | process or legal notices directed to the licensee may be | ||||||
22 | served and agreeing to abide by all of the provisions of | ||||||
23 | this Act with respect to its appraisal activities within | ||||||
24 | the State of Illinois and submitting to the jurisdiction of | ||||||
25 | the Department. | ||||||
26 | (b-8) Upon the loss of a managing appraiser who is not |
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1 | replaced or in the event of the death or adjudicated disability | ||||||
2 | of the sole proprietor of an office, a written request for | ||||||
3 | authorization allowing the continued operation of the office | ||||||
4 | may be submitted to the Department within 15 days after the | ||||||
5 | loss. The Department may issue a written authorization allowing | ||||||
6 | the continued operation, provided that a certified appraiser, | ||||||
7 | or in the case of the death or adjudicated disability of a sole | ||||||
8 | proprietor, the representative of the estate assumes | ||||||
9 | responsibility, in writing, for the operation of the office and | ||||||
10 | agrees to personally supervise the operation of the office. No | ||||||
11 | such written authorization shall be valid for more than 60 days | ||||||
12 | unless extended by the Department for good cause shown and upon | ||||||
13 | written request by the appraiser or representative. | ||||||
14 | (c)
The licensing requirements of this Act
do not
require a | ||||||
15 | person who holds a
valid license pursuant to the Real Estate | ||||||
16 | License Act of 2000, to be licensed
as a real estate appraiser
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17 | under this Act,
unless that person is
providing
or attempting | ||||||
18 | to provide an appraisal report, as defined in Section
1-10 of | ||||||
19 | this Act, in connection with a federally-related transaction. | ||||||
20 | Nothing in this Act shall prohibit a person who holds a valid | ||||||
21 | license under the Real Estate License Act of 2000 from | ||||||
22 | performing a comparative market analysis or broker price | ||||||
23 | opinion for compensation, provided that the person does not | ||||||
24 | hold himself out as being a licensed real estate appraiser. | ||||||
25 | (d) Nothing in this Act shall preclude a State certified | ||||||
26 | general real estate appraiser, a State certified residential |
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1 | real estate appraiser, or an associate real estate trainee | ||||||
2 | appraiser from rendering appraisals for or on behalf of a | ||||||
3 | partnership, association, corporation, firm, or group. | ||||||
4 | However, no State appraisal license or certification shall be | ||||||
5 | issued under this Act to a partnership, association, | ||||||
6 | corporation, firm, or group.
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7 | (e) This Act does not apply to a county assessor, township | ||||||
8 | assessor, multi-township assessor, county supervisor of | ||||||
9 | assessments, or any deputy or employee of any county assessor, | ||||||
10 | township assessor, multi-township assessor, or county | ||||||
11 | supervisor of assessments who is performing his or her | ||||||
12 | respective duties in accordance with the provisions of the | ||||||
13 | Property Tax Code.
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14 | (f) A State real estate appraisal certification or license | ||||||
15 | is not required under this Act for any of the following: | ||||||
16 | (1) A person, partnership, association, or corporation | ||||||
17 | that performs appraisals of property owned by that person, | ||||||
18 | partnership, association, or corporation for the sole use | ||||||
19 | of that person, partnership, association, or corporation. | ||||||
20 | (2) A court-appointed commissioner who conducts an | ||||||
21 | appraisal pursuant to a judicially ordered evaluation of | ||||||
22 | property. | ||||||
23 | However, any person who is certified or licensed under this Act | ||||||
24 | and who performs any of the activities set forth in this | ||||||
25 | subsection (f) must comply with the provisions of this Act. A | ||||||
26 | person who violates this subsection (f) is guilty of a Class A |
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1 | misdemeanor for a first offense and a Class 4 felony for any | ||||||
2 | subsequent offense. | ||||||
3 | (g) This Act does not apply to an employee, officer, | ||||||
4 | director, or member of a credit or loan committee of a | ||||||
5 | financial institution or any other person engaged by a | ||||||
6 | financial institution when performing an evaluation of real | ||||||
7 | property for the sole use of the financial institution in a | ||||||
8 | transaction for which the financial institution would not be | ||||||
9 | required to use the services of a State licensed or State | ||||||
10 | certified appraiser pursuant to federal regulations adopted | ||||||
11 | under Title XI of the federal Financial Institutions Reform, | ||||||
12 | Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989, nor does this Act apply | ||||||
13 | to the procurement of an automated valuation model. | ||||||
14 | "Automated valuation model" means an automated system that | ||||||
15 | is used to derive a property value through the use of publicly | ||||||
16 | available property records and various analytic methodologies | ||||||
17 | such as comparable sales prices, home characteristics, and | ||||||
18 | historical home price appreciations.
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19 | (h) This Act does not apply to a corporate relocation | ||||||
20 | company whereby the appraisal is not used for mortgage purposes | ||||||
21 | and the end user client is an employer company. | ||||||
22 | (i) This Section shall not be applicable to appraisers or | ||||||
23 | appraisal companies that contract with independent appraisers | ||||||
24 | for the performance of fewer than 10 appraisals in this State | ||||||
25 | in a calendar year. | ||||||
26 | (Source: P.A. 96-844, eff. 12-23-09.)
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1 | (225 ILCS 458/5-20.3 new) | ||||||
2 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012) | ||||||
3 | Sec. 5-20.3. Licensure of appraisal company. The | ||||||
4 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation shall | ||||||
5 | adopt by rule standards for the licensure of appraisal | ||||||
6 | companies designed to protect the public interest and to ensure | ||||||
7 | compliance with this Act. The Department shall specify any | ||||||
8 | qualifications, including education or training, necessary for | ||||||
9 | licensure. The fee for licensure as an appraisal company | ||||||
10 | license shall not exceed $50.
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11 | (225 ILCS 458/10-10)
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12 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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13 | Sec. 10-10. Standards of practice. All persons licensed | ||||||
14 | under this Act
as certified general real estate appraisers, | ||||||
15 | certified residential real estate appraisers, or associate | ||||||
16 | real estate appraisal trainees must comply with standards
of | ||||||
17 | professional appraisal practice adopted by the Department. The | ||||||
18 | Department
must adopt, as part
of
its rules, the Uniform
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19 | Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice (USPAP) as | ||||||
20 | published from time to time by
the Appraisal Standards
Board of | ||||||
21 | the Appraisal Foundation. The Department
shall consider | ||||||
22 | federal laws and
regulations regarding the
licensure of real | ||||||
23 | estate appraisers prior to adopting its rules for the
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24 | administration of this Act. An appraisal company shall not |
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1 | request that an appraiser in any way violate the standards of | ||||||
2 | USPAP. An appraisal company shall not redact or otherwise | ||||||
3 | obscure compensation related disclosures contained within the | ||||||
4 | body of an appraisal report.
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5 | (Source: P.A. 96-844, eff. 12-23-09.)
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6 | (225 ILCS 458/15-5)
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7 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
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8 | Sec. 15-5. Unlicensed practice; civil penalty; injunctive | ||||||
9 | relief; unlawful influence.
| ||||||
10 | (a) A person who violates Section 5-5 of this Act
shall, in | ||||||
11 | addition to any other penalty provided by law, pay a civil | ||||||
12 | penalty
to the Department
in an amount not
to exceed $25,000
| ||||||
13 | for each violation as determined by the Secretary. The
civil | ||||||
14 | penalty shall
be assessed by the Secretary
after a hearing in | ||||||
15 | accordance with the provisions of this Act regarding the | ||||||
16 | provision of a hearing for the discipline of a license.
| ||||||
17 | (b) The Department
has the authority to investigate any | ||||||
18 | activity that may violate
this Act.
| ||||||
19 | (c) A civil penalty imposed pursuant to subsection (a) | ||||||
20 | shall be paid within
60 days after the effective date
of the | ||||||
21 | order imposing the
civil penalty. The order shall constitute a | ||||||
22 | judgment and may be filed and executed in the same manner as | ||||||
23 | any judgment from any court of record.
Any civil penalty | ||||||
24 | collected under this Act shall be made payable to the | ||||||
25 | Department of Financial and Professional Regulation
and
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1 | deposited into the Appraisal Administration Fund. In addition | ||||||
2 | to or in lieu of
the imposition of a civil
penalty, the | ||||||
3 | Department
may report a violation of this Act or the failure or | ||||||
4 | refusal to
comply with an order of the Department
to the | ||||||
5 | Attorney General or to the appropriate State's Attorney.
| ||||||
6 | (d) Practicing as an appraiser without holding a valid | ||||||
7 | license as required
under this Act
is declared
to be adverse to | ||||||
8 | the public welfare, to constitute a public nuisance, and to
| ||||||
9 | cause irreparable harm to the
public welfare. The Secretary, | ||||||
10 | the Attorney General, or the State's
Attorney
of any county in | ||||||
11 | the State
may maintain an action for injunctive relief in any | ||||||
12 | circuit court to enjoin any
person from
engaging in such | ||||||
13 | practice.
| ||||||
14 | Upon the filing of a verified petition in a circuit court, | ||||||
15 | the court, if
satisfied by affidavit or otherwise that
a person | ||||||
16 | has been engaged in the practice of real estate appraisal | ||||||
17 | without a
valid license,
may enter a temporary restraining | ||||||
18 | order without notice or bond
enjoining the defendant
from | ||||||
19 | further practice. The showing of non-licensure, by affidavit or
| ||||||
20 | otherwise, is sufficient
for the issuance of a temporary | ||||||
21 | injunction.
If it is established that the defendant has been or | ||||||
22 | is engaged
in unlawful practice, the court
may enter an order | ||||||
23 | or judgment perpetually enjoining the defendant from further
| ||||||
24 | unlawful practice. In all
proceedings under this Section, the | ||||||
25 | court, in its discretion, may apportion the
costs among the | ||||||
26 | parties interested
in the action, including the cost of filing |
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| |||||||
1 | the complaint, service of process,
witness fees and expenses, | ||||||
2 | court
reporter charges, and reasonable attorneys' fees.
These | ||||||
3 | injunction proceedings shall be in addition to, and not in lieu | ||||||
4 | of, all
penalties and other remedies
provided in this Act.
| ||||||
5 | (e) No person shall influence or attempt to influence | ||||||
6 | through coercion, extortion, or bribery the independent | ||||||
7 | judgment of an appraiser licensed or certified under this Act | ||||||
8 | in the development, reporting, result, or review of a real | ||||||
9 | estate appraisal. A person who violates this subsection (e) is | ||||||
10 | guilty of a Class A misdemeanor for the first offense and a | ||||||
11 | Class 4 felony for any subsequent offense.
| ||||||
12 | (f) It shall be unlawful for any employee, director, | ||||||
13 | officer, or agent of an appraisal company licensed in this | ||||||
14 | State to influence or attempt to influence the development, | ||||||
15 | reporting, or review of an appraisal through coercion, | ||||||
16 | extortion, collusion, compensation, instruction, inducement, | ||||||
17 | intimidation, bribery, or in any other manner, including, but | ||||||
18 | not limited to, the following: | ||||||
19 | (1) withholding or threatening to withhold timely | ||||||
20 | payment for an appraisal; | ||||||
21 | (2) withholding or threatening to withhold future | ||||||
22 | business for an independent appraiser, or demoting or | ||||||
23 | terminating or threatening to demote or terminate an | ||||||
24 | independent appraiser; | ||||||
25 | (3) imposing turnaround time monetary penalties that | ||||||
26 | are not specified at the time of engagement; |
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| |||||||
1 | (4) requiring an appraiser to submit a notice of | ||||||
2 | absence when not an employee of the entity; | ||||||
3 | (5) requiring an appraiser to sign a non-compete clause | ||||||
4 | when not an employee of the entity; | ||||||
5 | (6) requesting the payment of compensation to achieve | ||||||
6 | higher priority in the assignment of appraisal business; | ||||||
7 | (7) requiring an appraiser to pay or otherwise | ||||||
8 | compensate the appraisal company for fees to upload or | ||||||
9 | otherwise deliver an appraisal report, fees for a report | ||||||
10 | transmitted after a due date, or fees for reviewing the | ||||||
11 | report; | ||||||
12 | (8) requiring an appraiser or appraisal company to sign | ||||||
13 | any sort of indemnification agreement that would require | ||||||
14 | the appraiser to defend and hold harmless the appraisal | ||||||
15 | company, any software provider that an appraisal company | ||||||
16 | requires an appraiser to use, or any other entity that the | ||||||
17 | appraisal company does business with, from any liability, | ||||||
18 | damage, loss, or claim that does not arise as a result of | ||||||
19 | the appraiser's performance of the appraisal assignment; | ||||||
20 | and | ||||||
21 | (9) requiring an appraiser who is not an employee of | ||||||
22 | the appraisal company to collect the appraisal fee from the | ||||||
23 | borrower, occupant, or any other person. | ||||||
24 | (g) It shall be unlawful for any licensed appraiser or | ||||||
25 | appraisal company to alter, modify, or otherwise change a | ||||||
26 | completed appraisal report submitted by an independent |
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| |||||||
1 | appraiser, including, without limitation, by doing any of the | ||||||
2 | following: | ||||||
3 | (1) permanently removing the appraiser's signature or | ||||||
4 | seal; | ||||||
5 | (2) adding information to, or removing information | ||||||
6 | from, the appraisal report with an intent to change the | ||||||
7 | value conclusion; | ||||||
8 | (3) expressly or impliedly promising future business, | ||||||
9 | promotions, or increased compensation for an independent | ||||||
10 | appraiser; | ||||||
11 | (4) conditioning the request for an appraisal service | ||||||
12 | or the payment of an appraisal fee or salary or bonus on | ||||||
13 | the opinion, conclusion, or valuation to be reached, or on | ||||||
14 | a preliminary estimate or opinion requested from an | ||||||
15 | independent appraiser; | ||||||
16 | (5) requesting that an independent appraiser provide | ||||||
17 | an estimated, predetermined, or desired valuation in an | ||||||
18 | appraisal report, or provide estimated values or | ||||||
19 | comparable sales at any time prior to the independent | ||||||
20 | appraiser's completion of an appraisal service; | ||||||
21 | (6) providing to an independent appraiser an | ||||||
22 | anticipated, estimated, encouraged, or desired value for a | ||||||
23 | subject property or a proposed or target amount to be | ||||||
24 | loaned to the borrower, except that a copy of the sales | ||||||
25 | contract for purchase transactions may be provided; | ||||||
26 | (7) providing to an independent appraiser, or any |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | entity or person related to the appraiser, stock or other | ||||||
2 | financial or non-financial benefits; | ||||||
3 | (8) allowing the removal of an independent appraiser | ||||||
4 | from an appraiser panel, without prior written notice to | ||||||
5 | such appraiser; | ||||||
6 | (9) obtaining, using, or paying for a second or | ||||||
7 | subsequent appraisal or ordering an automated valuation | ||||||
8 | model in connection with a mortgage financing transaction | ||||||
9 | unless there is a reasonable basis to believe that the | ||||||
10 | initial appraisal was flawed or tainted and such basis is | ||||||
11 | clearly and appropriately noted in the loan file, or unless | ||||||
12 | such appraisal or automated valuation model is done | ||||||
13 | pursuant to a bona fide pre- or post-funding appraisal | ||||||
14 | review or quality control process; or | ||||||
15 | (10) any other act or practice that impairs or attempts | ||||||
16 | to impair an appraiser's independence, objectivity, or | ||||||
17 | impartiality. | ||||||
18 | (Source: P.A. 96-844, eff. 12-23-09.)
| ||||||
19 | (225 ILCS 458/15-15)
| ||||||
20 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
| ||||||
21 | Sec. 15-15. Investigation; notice; hearing.
| ||||||
22 | (a) Upon the motion of the Department
or the Board or
upon | ||||||
23 | a complaint in
writing of a person setting forth facts that, if | ||||||
24 | proven, would constitute
grounds for suspension, revocation,
| ||||||
25 | or other disciplinary action against a licensee or applicant |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | for licensure, the Department or the Board
shall investigate | ||||||
2 | the actions of the licensee or applicant. If, upon | ||||||
3 | investigation, the Department believes that there may be cause | ||||||
4 | for suspension, revocation, or other disciplinary action, the | ||||||
5 | Department shall use the services of a State certified general | ||||||
6 | real estate appraiser, a State certified residential real | ||||||
7 | estate appraiser, or the Real Estate Coordinator to assist in | ||||||
8 | determining whether grounds for disciplinary action exist | ||||||
9 | prior to commencing formal disciplinary proceedings.
| ||||||
10 | (b) Formal disciplinary proceedings shall commence upon | ||||||
11 | the issuance of a
written complaint
describing the charges that | ||||||
12 | are the basis of the disciplinary action and
delivery of the | ||||||
13 | detailed complaint to the address of
record of the licensee or | ||||||
14 | applicant. The Department
shall notify the licensee or
| ||||||
15 | applicant
to file a verified written
answer within 20 days | ||||||
16 | after the service of the notice and complaint.
The
notification | ||||||
17 | shall inform the licensee or applicant of his or her
right to | ||||||
18 | be heard in person or by
legal counsel; that the hearing will | ||||||
19 | be afforded not sooner than 30 days after
service
of the | ||||||
20 | complaint; that failure to file an answer will result in a | ||||||
21 | default being
entered against the licensee or applicant;
that | ||||||
22 | the license may be suspended, revoked, or placed on
| ||||||
23 | probationary status; and that other
disciplinary action may be | ||||||
24 | taken pursuant to this Act, including limiting the
scope, | ||||||
25 | nature, or extent of the licensee's
practice. If the licensee | ||||||
26 | or applicant fails to file an answer after service of
notice, |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | his or her license may,
at the discretion of the Department, be | ||||||
2 | suspended,
revoked, or placed on probationary
status and the | ||||||
3 | Department
may take whatever disciplinary
action it deems | ||||||
4 | proper,
including limiting the scope, nature, or extent of the | ||||||
5 | person's practice,
without a hearing.
| ||||||
6 | (c) At the time and place fixed in the notice, the Board | ||||||
7 | shall conduct
hearing of the charges, providing
both the | ||||||
8 | accused person and the complainant ample opportunity to present | ||||||
9 | in
person
or by counsel such statements, testimony, evidence, | ||||||
10 | and argument as may be
pertinent to the charges or
to a defense | ||||||
11 | thereto.
| ||||||
12 | (d) The Board shall present to the Secretary
a written | ||||||
13 | report of its
findings and
recommendations. A copy of the | ||||||
14 | report shall be served upon the licensee or
applicant,
either | ||||||
15 | personally or by certified
mail. Within 20 days after the | ||||||
16 | service, the licensee or applicant may present
the Secretary
| ||||||
17 | with a motion in writing
for either a rehearing, a proposed | ||||||
18 | finding of fact, a conclusion of law, or an
alternative | ||||||
19 | sanction, and shall
specify the particular grounds for the | ||||||
20 | request. If the accused orders a
transcript of the record
as | ||||||
21 | provided in this Act, the time elapsing thereafter and before | ||||||
22 | the transcript
is ready for delivery to the
accused shall not | ||||||
23 | be counted as part of the 20 days. If the Secretary
is
not | ||||||
24 | satisfied that
substantial justice has been done, the Secretary
| ||||||
25 | may order a rehearing by
the Board or other
special committee | ||||||
26 | appointed by the Secretary, may remand the matter to the
Board |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | for its
reconsideration of the matter based on the pleadings | ||||||
2 | and evidence presented to
the Board, or may enter
a final order | ||||||
3 | in contravention of the Board's recommendation. In all
| ||||||
4 | instances under this Act in which
the Board has rendered a | ||||||
5 | recommendation to the Secretary
with respect to a
particular | ||||||
6 | licensee or
applicant, the Secretary, if he or she disagrees | ||||||
7 | with
the recommendation of the Board, shall file with the Board | ||||||
8 | and provide to the
licensee or applicant a copy of the | ||||||
9 | Secretary's
specific written reasons for
disagreement with the | ||||||
10 | Board. The reasons shall be filed within 60 days of the
Board's | ||||||
11 | recommendation
to the Secretary
and prior to any contrary | ||||||
12 | action. Notwithstanding a licensee's or applicant's failure to | ||||||
13 | file a motion for rehearing, the Secretary
shall have the right | ||||||
14 | to take any of
the actions specified in this
subsection (d). | ||||||
15 | Upon the suspension or revocation of a license, the licensee
| ||||||
16 | shall
be required to surrender his
or her license to the | ||||||
17 | Department, and upon failure or refusal to do so, the | ||||||
18 | Department
shall have
the right to seize the
license.
| ||||||
19 | (e) The Department
has the power to issue subpoenas and
| ||||||
20 | subpoenas duces tecum
to bring before it any person in this | ||||||
21 | State, to take testimony, or to require
production of any | ||||||
22 | records
relevant to an inquiry or hearing by the Board in the | ||||||
23 | same manner as prescribed
by law in judicial
proceedings in the | ||||||
24 | courts of this State. In a case of refusal of a witness to
| ||||||
25 | attend, testify, or to produce
books or papers concerning a | ||||||
26 | matter upon which he or she might be lawfully
examined, the |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | circuit court
of the county where the hearing is held, upon | ||||||
2 | application of the Department
or any
party to the proceeding, | ||||||
3 | may compel obedience by proceedings as for contempt.
| ||||||
4 | (f) Any license that is suspended indefinitely or revoked | ||||||
5 | may not be
restored for a minimum period
of 2 years, or as | ||||||
6 | otherwise ordered by the Secretary.
| ||||||
7 | (g) In addition to the provisions of this Section | ||||||
8 | concerning the conduct of
hearings and the
recommendations for | ||||||
9 | discipline, the Department
has the authority to negotiate
| ||||||
10 | disciplinary and non-disciplinary
settlement agreements | ||||||
11 | concerning any license issued under this Act. All such
| ||||||
12 | agreements shall be
recorded as Consent Orders or Consent to | ||||||
13 | Administrative Supervision Orders.
| ||||||
14 | (h) The Secretary
shall have the authority to appoint an | ||||||
15 | attorney duly
licensed to practice law in the
State of Illinois | ||||||
16 | to serve as the hearing officer in any action to suspend,
| ||||||
17 | revoke, or otherwise discipline
any license issued by the | ||||||
18 | Department. The Hearing Officer
shall have full authority
to | ||||||
19 | conduct the hearing.
| ||||||
20 | (i) The Department, at its expense, shall preserve a record | ||||||
21 | of all formal hearings of
any contested case involving
the | ||||||
22 | discipline of a license. At all hearings or pre-hearing | ||||||
23 | conferences, the Department
and the licensee shall be
entitled | ||||||
24 | to have the proceedings transcribed by a certified shorthand | ||||||
25 | reporter.
A copy of the transcribed
proceedings shall be made | ||||||
26 | available to the licensee by the certified shorthand
reporter |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | upon payment of
the prevailing contract copy rate.
| ||||||
2 | (Source: P.A. 96-844, eff. 12-23-09.)
| ||||||
3 | (225 ILCS 458/25-10)
| ||||||
4 | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2012)
| ||||||
5 | Sec. 25-10. Real Estate Appraisal Administration and | ||||||
6 | Disciplinary Board; appointment.
| ||||||
7 | (a) There is hereby created the Real Estate Appraisal | ||||||
8 | Administration and Disciplinary Board. The Board
shall be | ||||||
9 | composed of 11 10 persons appointed by the Governor, plus the | ||||||
10 | Coordinator
of
the Real Estate Appraisal Division. Members | ||||||
11 | shall be appointed to the Board
subject to the following | ||||||
12 | conditions:
| ||||||
13 | (1) All appointed members shall have been residents and | ||||||
14 | citizens of this
State for
at least 5 years prior
to the | ||||||
15 | date of appointment.
| ||||||
16 | (2) The appointed membership of the Board should | ||||||
17 | reasonably reflect the
geographic
distribution of the
| ||||||
18 | population of the State.
| ||||||
19 | (3) Four appointed members shall have been actively | ||||||
20 | engaged and currently
licensed as
State
certified general | ||||||
21 | real estate appraisers for a period of not less than 5
| ||||||
22 | years.
| ||||||
23 | (4)
Two appointed members shall have been actively | ||||||
24 | engaged and currently
licensed as
State
certified | ||||||
25 | residential real estate appraisers for a period of
not less |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | than 5 years.
| ||||||
2 | (5)
Two appointed members shall hold a valid license as | ||||||
3 | a
real estate
broker for at least 10 years prior to the | ||||||
4 | date of the appointment, one of whom
shall hold a valid
| ||||||
5 | State certified general real estate appraiser license | ||||||
6 | issued under this Act or a predecessor Act for a period of | ||||||
7 | at
least 5 years prior to the appointment and one of whom | ||||||
8 | shall hold a valid State certified residential real estate | ||||||
9 | appraiser license issued under this Act or a predecessor | ||||||
10 | Act for a period of at
least 5 years prior to the | ||||||
11 | appointment.
| ||||||
12 | (6) One appointed member shall be a representative of a | ||||||
13 | financial
institution, as evidenced by his or her | ||||||
14 | employment with a financial
institution.
| ||||||
15 | (7) One appointed member shall represent the interests | ||||||
16 | of the general
public. This member or his or her spouse | ||||||
17 | shall not be licensed under this Act
nor be employed by or | ||||||
18 | have any interest in an appraisal business, real estate
| ||||||
19 | brokerage business, or a financial institution. | ||||||
20 | (8) One appointed member shall be a representative of | ||||||
21 | an appraisal management company, as evidenced by his or her | ||||||
22 | being an officer or employee of an appraisal management | ||||||
23 | company which employs or contracts with, in the aggregate, | ||||||
24 | at least 10 licensed appraisers.
| ||||||
25 | In making appointments as
provided in paragraphs (3) and | ||||||
26 | (4) of this subsection, the Governor shall
give due |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | consideration to recommendations by members and organizations
| ||||||
2 | representing the profession.
| ||||||
3 | In making the appointments as
provided in paragraph (5) of | ||||||
4 | this subsection, the Governor shall give
due consideration to | ||||||
5 | the recommendations by members and organizations
representing | ||||||
6 | the real estate industry.
| ||||||
7 | In making the appointment as provided
in paragraph (6) of | ||||||
8 | this subsection, the Governor
shall give due consideration to | ||||||
9 | the recommendations by members and
organizations representing | ||||||
10 | financial institutions.
| ||||||
11 | (b) The term for members of the Board shall be 4 years, and | ||||||
12 | each member shall serve until his or her successor is appointed | ||||||
13 | and qualified. No member shall serve more than 10 years in a | ||||||
14 | lifetime.
| ||||||
15 | (c) The Governor may terminate the appointment of a member | ||||||
16 | for cause that,
in
the opinion of the Governor, reasonably | ||||||
17 | justifies the termination. Cause for
termination may include, | ||||||
18 | without limitation, misconduct, incapacity, neglect of
duty, | ||||||
19 | or missing 4 Board meetings during any one calendar year.
| ||||||
20 | (d) A majority of the Board members shall constitute a
| ||||||
21 | quorum. A vacancy in the membership of the Board shall not | ||||||
22 | impair the right of
a quorum to exercise all of the rights and | ||||||
23 | perform all of the duties of the
Board.
| ||||||
24 | (e) The Board shall meet at least quarterly and may be | ||||||
25 | convened
by the Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, or 3 members of | ||||||
26 | the Board upon 10 days
written notice.
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | (f) The Board shall, annually at the first meeting of the | ||||||
2 | fiscal year,
elect a Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson from its
| ||||||
3 | members. The Chairperson shall preside over the meetings and | ||||||
4 | shall coordinate
with the Coordinator
in developing and | ||||||
5 | distributing an agenda for each meeting. In the absence of
the | ||||||
6 | Chairperson, the Vice-Chairperson shall preside over the | ||||||
7 | meeting.
| ||||||
8 | (g) The Coordinator
of the Real Estate Appraisal Division | ||||||
9 | shall serve as
a member of the Board without vote.
| ||||||
10 | (h) The Board shall advise and make recommendations to
the | ||||||
11 | Department
on the education and experience qualifications of | ||||||
12 | any applicant for initial licensure as a State certified | ||||||
13 | general real estate appraiser or a State certified residential | ||||||
14 | real estate appraiser. The Department shall not make any | ||||||
15 | decisions concerning education or experience qualifications of | ||||||
16 | an applicant for initial licensure as a State certified general | ||||||
17 | real estate appraiser or a State certified residential real | ||||||
18 | estate appraiser without having first received the advice and | ||||||
19 | recommendation of the Board and
shall give due consideration to | ||||||
20 | all
such advice and recommendations; however, if the Board does | ||||||
21 | not render advice or make a recommendation within a reasonable | ||||||
22 | amount of time, then the Department may render a decision.
| ||||||
23 | (h-5) The Board shall issue educational findings, as it | ||||||
24 | deems appropriate. | ||||||
25 | (i) Except as provided in Section 15-17 of this Act, the
| ||||||
26 | Board shall hear and make recommendations to the
Secretary
on
|
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | disciplinary matters
that require a formal evidentiary | ||||||
2 | hearing. The Secretary
shall give due
consideration to the
| ||||||
3 | recommendations of the Board involving discipline and | ||||||
4 | questions involving
standards of professional
conduct of | ||||||
5 | licensees.
| ||||||
6 | (j) The Department shall seek and the Board shall provide
| ||||||
7 | recommendations to the Department
consistent with the
| ||||||
8 | provisions
of this Act and for the administration and | ||||||
9 | enforcement of all
rules adopted
pursuant to this Act. The | ||||||
10 | Department
shall give due consideration to
such
| ||||||
11 | recommendations
prior to adopting rules.
| ||||||
12 | (k) The Department shall seek and the Board shall provide
| ||||||
13 | recommendations to the Department
on the approval of all | ||||||
14 | courses
submitted to the Department
pursuant to this Act and | ||||||
15 | the rules adopted pursuant to this Act. The Department shall | ||||||
16 | not approve any courses without having first received the | ||||||
17 | recommendation of the Board and
shall
give due consideration to | ||||||
18 | such
recommendations
prior to approving and licensing courses; | ||||||
19 | however, if the Board does not make a recommendation within a | ||||||
20 | reasonable amount of time, then the Department may approve | ||||||
21 | courses.
| ||||||
22 | (l) Each voting member of the Board shall receive a per | ||||||
23 | diem stipend in an
amount
to be determined by the Secretary. | ||||||
24 | Each member shall be paid his or her necessary expenses while
| ||||||
25 | engaged in the
performance of his or her duties.
| ||||||
26 | (m) Members of the Board shall be immune from suit in an |
| |||||||
| |||||||
1 | action based upon
any disciplinary
proceedings or other acts | ||||||
2 | performed in good faith as members of the Board.
| ||||||
3 | (n) If the Department disagrees with any advice or | ||||||
4 | recommendation provided by the Board under this Section to the | ||||||
5 | Secretary or the Department, then notice of such disagreement | ||||||
6 | must be provided to the Board by the Department.
| ||||||
7 | (o) Upon resolution adopted at any Board meeting, the | ||||||
8 | exercise of any Board function, power, or duty enumerated in | ||||||
9 | this Section or in subsection (d) of Section 15-10 of this Act | ||||||
10 | may be suspended. The exercise of any suspended function, | ||||||
11 | power, or duty of the Board may be reinstated by a resolution | ||||||
12 | adopted at a subsequent Board meeting. Any resolution adopted | ||||||
13 | pursuant to this Section shall take effect immediately.
| ||||||
14 | (Source: P.A. 96-844, eff. 12-23-09.)".
|