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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5375
February Session, 2020
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Referred to Committee on INSURANCE AND REAL ESTATE
Introduced by:
(INS)
AN ACT CONCERNING LI CENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR REAL
ESTATE BROKERS.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. Subsection (d) of section 20-314 of the general statutes is 1
repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective January 2
1, 2021): 3
(d) (1) (A) Each applicant applying for a real estate broker's license on 4
or after July 1, 2016, but before January 1, 2021, shall, before being 5
admitted to such examination, prove to the satisfaction of the 6
commission or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection that the 7
applicant [(A) (i)] (i) (I) has been actively engaged for at least two years 8
as a licensed real estate salesperson under the supervision of a licensed 9
real estate broker in this state, [(ii)] (II) has successfully completed a 10
course approved by the commission or commissioner in real estate 11
principles and practices of at least sixty classroom hours of study, [(iii)] 12
(III) has successfully completed a course approved by the commission 13
or commissioner in real estate legal compliance consisting of at least 14
fifteen classroom hours of study, [(iv)] (IV) has successfully completed 15 Raised Bill No. 5375
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a course approved by the commission or commissioner in real estate 16
brokerage principles and practices consisting of at least fifteen 17
classroom hours, and [(v)] (V) has successfully completed two elective 18
courses, each consisting of fifteen classroom hours of study, as 19
prescribed by the commission or commissioner, or [(B)] (ii) has 20
equivalent experience or education as determined by the commission or 21
commissioner. 22
(B) Each applicant applying for a real estate broker's license on or 23
after January 1, 2021, shall, before being admitted to such examination, 24
prove to the satisfaction of the commission or the Commissioner of 25
Consumer Protection that the applicant (i) (I) has been actively engaged 26
as a licensed real estate salesperson under the supervision of a licensed 27
real estate broker in this state for at least one thousand five hundred 28
hours during the three years immediately preceding the date on which 29
such applicant filed such applicant's application, and such supervising 30
licensed real estate broker, or such supervising licensed real estate 31
broker's authorized representative, has certified the accuracy of a record 32
of such applicant's active engagement on a form provided by such 33
applicant to such supervising licensed real estate broker or authorized 34
representative, (II) has successfully completed a course approved by the 35
commission or commissioner in real estate principles and practices of at 36
least sixty classroom hours of study, (III) has successfully completed a 37
course approved by the commission or commissioner in real estate legal 38
compliance consisting of at least fifteen classroom hours of study, (IV) 39
has successfully completed a course approved by the commission or 40
commissioner in real estate brokerage principles and practices 41
consisting of at least fifteen classroom hours, (V) has successfully 42
completed two elective courses, each consisting of fifteen classroom 43
hours of study, as prescribed by the commission or commissioner, and 44
(VI) has represented a seller, buyer, lessor or lessee in at least four real 45
estate transactions that closed during the three years immediately 46
preceding the date on which such applicant filed such applicant's 47
application, or (ii) has equivalent experience or education as determined 48
by the commission or commissioner. Each supervising licensed real 49 Raised Bill No. 5375
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estate broker, or authorized representative of such supervising licensed 50
real estate broker, shall certify the accuracy or inaccuracy of a record 51
provided by an applicant to such supervising licensed real estate broker 52
or authorized representative under subparagraph (B)(i)(I) of this 53
subdivision not later than ninety days after such applicant provides 54
such record to such supervising licensed real estate broker or authorized 55
representative. 56
(2) The commission or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection 57
shall waive the elective courses under subparagraph [(A)(v)] (A)(i)(V) 58
or (B)(i)(V) of subdivision (1) of this subsection if the applicant has 59
successfully completed at least twenty real estate transactions within 60
five years immediately preceding the date of application. As used in this 61
subdivision, "real estate transaction" means any transaction in which 62
real property is legally transferred to another party or in which a lease 63
agreement is executed between a landlord and a tenant. 64
(3) Each applicant for a real estate salesperson's license shall, before 65
being admitted to such examination, prove to the satisfaction of the 66
commission or the Commissioner of Consumer Protection that the 67
applicant (A) has successfully completed a course approved by the 68
commission or commissioner in real estate principles and practices 69
consisting of at least sixty classroom hours of study, or (B) has 70
equivalent experience or education as determined by the commission or 71
commissioner. 72
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 January 1, 2021 20-314(d)
Statement of Purpose:
To modify the preconditions to issuing a real estate broker's license in
this state.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
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