BILL NUMBER: SB 473INTRODUCED BILL TEXT INTRODUCED BY Senator Wyland FEBRUARY 26, 2009 An act to amend Section 10130 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to real estate. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST SB 473, as introduced, Wyland. Real estate: licensing. Existing law, the Real Estate Law, governs the licensure and regulation of real estate salespersons and real estate brokers. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to, among other things, engage in the business of a real estate broker or a real estate salesman without a license. This bill would make technical and nonsubstantive changes to those provisions. Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: SECTION 1. Section 10130 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read: 10130. It is unlawful foranya person to engage in the business of , act in the capacity of, or advertise or assume to act as , a real estate broker or a real estatesalesmansalesperson within this state without first obtaining a real estate license from the department. The commissioner may prefer a complaint for violation of this section beforeanya court of competent jurisdiction, and the commissioner and his or her counsel, deputies or assistants may assist in presenting the law or facts at the trial. It is the duty of the district attorney of each county in this state to prosecute all violations of this section in their respective counties in which the violations occur.