California Assembly Bill AB1796 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1796AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 24, 2010 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Hall FEBRUARY 10, 2010 An act to add Section 11345.8 to the Business and Professions Code, relating to real estate appraisers. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1796, as amended, Hall. Appraisal management companies. Existing law, the Real Estate Appraisers' Licensing and Certification Law, provides for the licensure and regulation of real estate appraisers and vests the duty of enforcing and administering that law in the Office of Real Estate Appraisers. Existing law requires appraisal management companies, as defined, to register with the Office of Real Estate Appraisers, and subjects those entities to the provisions of the Real Estate Appraisers' Licensing and Certification Law. This bill would require the Director of the Office of Real Estate Appraisers to adopt specified regulations governing appraisal management companies. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. In 2009, the Legislature enacted Senate Bill 237 (Chapter 173 of the Statutes of 2009) to require appraisal management companies (AMCs) to register with the Office of Real Estate Appraisers (OREA) and be subject to the provisions of the Real Estate Appraisers' Licensing and Certification Law (Part 3 (commencing with Section 11300) of Division 4 of the Business and Professions Code). The Legislature finds and declares that further delineation of the authority of OREA is necessary to clarify its ability to regulate the activities of AMCs. SEC. 2. Section 11345.8 is added to the Business and Professions Code, to read: 11345.8. The director shall  adopt regulations governing appraisal management company activities, including, but not limited to,   include in the next set of regulations that are adopted following enactment of this section, guidance regarding  the following: (a)  Use   Assignment  of out-of-area appraisers  by appraisal management companies  . (b)  Timeliness   The appraisal management company role in timeliness  and accuracy of  employed or retained  appraisers' work product.  (c) Conflict of interest guidelines regarding referrals from a controlling lender or title company.   (c) Conflicts of interest.  (d) Maintenance of policies  by appraisal management companies  that ensure compliance with the requirements of Section 1090.5 of the Civil Code.