Full Text of HB6245 99th General Assembly
HB6245 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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State of Illinois
2015 and 2016 HB6245 Introduced , by Rep. Robert Rita SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED: |
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Amends the Real Estate License Act of 2000. Removes the restriction that managing brokers and brokers can earn no more than 6 hours of continuing education credit in one calendar day.
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning regulation.
| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
| 4 | | Section 5. The Real Estate License Act of 2000 is amended | 5 | | by changing Section 5-70 as follows:
| 6 | | (225 ILCS 454/5-70)
| 7 | | (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)
| 8 | | Sec. 5-70. Continuing education requirement; managing | 9 | | broker or broker.
| 10 | | (a) The requirements of this Section apply to all managing | 11 | | brokers and brokers.
| 12 | | (b) Except as otherwise
provided in this Section, each
| 13 | | person who applies for renewal of his or her license as a | 14 | | managing broker or broker must successfully complete 6 hours of | 15 | | real estate continuing education
courses approved by
the | 16 | | Advisory Council for each year of the pre-renewal period. In | 17 | | addition, beginning with the pre-renewal period for managing | 18 | | broker licensees that begins after the effective date of this | 19 | | Act, those licensees renewing or obtaining a managing broker's | 20 | | license must successfully complete a 12-hour broker management | 21 | | continuing education course approved by the Department each | 22 | | pre-renewal period. The broker management continuing education | 23 | | course must be completed in the classroom or by other |
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| 1 | | interactive delivery method between the instructor and the | 2 | | students. Successful completion of the course shall include | 3 | | achieving a passing score as provided by rule on a test | 4 | | developed and administered in accordance with rules adopted by | 5 | | the Department. No
license may be renewed
except upon the | 6 | | successful completion of the required courses or their
| 7 | | equivalent or upon a waiver
of those requirements for good | 8 | | cause shown as determined by the Secretary
with the
| 9 | | recommendation of the Advisory Council.
The requirements of | 10 | | this Article are applicable to all managing brokers and brokers
| 11 | | except those managing brokers
and brokers who, during the | 12 | | pre-renewal period:
| 13 | | (1) serve in the armed services of the United States;
| 14 | | (2) serve as an elected State or federal official;
| 15 | | (3) serve as a full-time employee of the Department; or
| 16 | | (4) are admitted to practice law pursuant to Illinois | 17 | | Supreme Court rule.
| 18 | | (c) (Blank). | 19 | | (d) A
person receiving an initial license
during the 90 | 20 | | days before the renewal date shall not be
required to complete | 21 | | the continuing
education courses provided for in subsection (b) | 22 | | of this
Section as a condition of initial license renewal.
| 23 | | (e) The continuing education requirement for brokers and | 24 | | managing brokers shall
consist of a core
curriculum and an | 25 | | elective curriculum, to be established by the Advisory
Council. | 26 | | In meeting the
continuing education requirements of this Act, |
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| 1 | | at least 3 hours per year or
their equivalent, 6 hours for each | 2 | | two-year pre-renewal period, shall
be required to be completed | 3 | | in the core curriculum.
In establishing the core curriculum, | 4 | | the Advisory Council shall consider
subjects that will
educate | 5 | | licensees on recent changes in applicable laws and new laws and | 6 | | refresh
the licensee on areas
of the license law and the | 7 | | Department policy that the Advisory Council deems appropriate,
| 8 | | and any other
areas that the Advisory Council deems timely and | 9 | | applicable in order to prevent
violations of this Act
and to | 10 | | protect the public.
In establishing the elective curriculum, | 11 | | the Advisory Council shall consider
subjects that cover
the | 12 | | various aspects of the practice of real estate that are covered | 13 | | under the
scope of this Act.
However, the elective curriculum | 14 | | shall not include any offerings referred to in
Section 5-85 of | 15 | | this Act.
| 16 | | (f) The subject areas of continuing education courses | 17 | | approved by the
Advisory Council may
include without limitation | 18 | | the following:
| 19 | | (1) license law and escrow;
| 20 | | (2) antitrust;
| 21 | | (3) fair housing;
| 22 | | (4) agency;
| 23 | | (5) appraisal;
| 24 | | (6) property management;
| 25 | | (7) residential brokerage;
| 26 | | (8) farm property management;
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| 1 | | (9) rights and duties of sellers, buyers, and brokers;
| 2 | | (10) commercial brokerage and leasing; and
| 3 | | (11) real estate financing.
| 4 | | (g) In lieu of credit for those courses listed in | 5 | | subsection (f) of this
Section, credit may be
earned for | 6 | | serving as a licensed instructor in an approved course of | 7 | | continuing
education. The
amount of credit earned for teaching | 8 | | a course shall be the amount of continuing
education credit for
| 9 | | which the course is approved for licensees taking the course.
| 10 | | (h) Credit hours may be earned for self-study programs | 11 | | approved by the
Advisory Council.
| 12 | | (i) A managing broker or broker may earn credit for a | 13 | | specific continuing
education course only
once during the | 14 | | prerenewal period.
| 15 | | (j) No more than 6 hours of continuing education credit may | 16 | | be taken or earned in one
calendar day.
| 17 | | (k) To promote the offering of a uniform and consistent | 18 | | course content, the Department may provide for the development | 19 | | of a single broker management course to be offered by all | 20 | | continuing education providers who choose to offer the broker | 21 | | management continuing education course. The Department may | 22 | | contract for the development of the 12-hour broker management | 23 | | continuing education course with an outside vendor or | 24 | | consultant and, if the course is developed in this manner, the | 25 | | Department or the outside consultant shall license the use of | 26 | | that course to all approved continuing education providers who |
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| 1 | | wish to provide the course.
| 2 | | (l) Except as specifically provided in this Act, continuing | 3 | | education credit hours may not be earned for completion of pre | 4 | | or post-license courses. The approved 30-hour post-license | 5 | | course for broker licensees shall satisfy the continuing | 6 | | education requirement for the pre-renewal period in which the | 7 | | course is taken. The approved 45-hour brokerage administration | 8 | | and management course shall satisfy the 12-hour broker | 9 | | management continuing education requirement for the | 10 | | pre-renewal period in which the course is taken. | 11 | | (Source: P.A. 98-531, eff. 8-23-13; 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)
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