Minnesota 2025-2026 Regular Session

Minnesota House Bill HF2401 Compare Versions

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1	1	1.1 A bill for an act
2	2	1.2 relating to real estate appraisers; modifying out-of-state continuing education credit
3	3	1.3 requirements; amending Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 82B.19, subdivision 5.
4	4	1.4BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
5	5	1.5 Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2024, section 82B.19, subdivision 5, is amended to read:
6	6	1.6 Subd. 5.Out-of-state continuing education credit.(a) For purposes of this subdivision,
7	7	1.7the following terms have the meanings given:
8	8	1.8 (1) "asynchronous educational offering" has the meaning given in the most recent version
9	9	1.9of the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria, as established by the Appraiser
10	10	1.10Qualifications Board; and
11	11	1.11 (2) "synchronous educational offering" has the meaning given in the most recent version
12	12	1.12of the Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria, as established by the Appraiser
13	13	1.13Qualifications Board, and includes an educational process based on live or real-time
14	14	1.14instruction where there is no geographic separation of instructor and student.
15	15	1.15 (b) Notwithstanding section 45.30, subdivisions 1 and 6, a real estate appraiser or course
16	16	1.16provider may submit, in a form prescribed by the commissioner, an application for continuing
17	17	1.17education credit for a synchronous educational offering that has not been submitted for prior
18	18	1.18approval in Minnesota. The commissioner must grant a real estate appraiser continuing
19	19	1.19education credit if:
20	20	1.20 (1) the application is submitted on or before August 1 of the year in which the real estate
21	21	1.21appraiser license is due for renewal;
22	22	1Section 1.
23	23	REVISOR RSI/VJ 25-0388702/27/25
24	24	State of Minnesota
25	25	This Document can be made available
26	26	in alternative formats upon request
27	27	HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
28	28	H. F. No. 2401
29	29	NINETY-FOURTH SESSION
30	30	Authored by Huot and O'Driscoll03/17/2025
31	31	The bill was read for the first time and referred to the Committee on Commerce Finance and Policy 2.1 (2) the synchronous educational offering has been approved for continuing education
32	32	2.2credit by the regulator of real estate appraisers in at least one other state or United States
33	33	2.3territory; and
34	34	2.4 (3) an application is submitted by the real estate appraiser or course provider to the
35	35	2.5commissioner within 30 60 days of successful completion of the synchronous educational
36	36	2.6offering.
37	37	2.7 (c) The application must include a certificate of successful completion from the
38	38	2.8synchronous educational offering provider. The commissioner must grant a real estate
39	39	2.9appraiser the same number of continuing education credits for the successful completion
40	40	2.10of the synchronous educational offering as was approved for the offering by the out-of-state
41	41	2.11real estate appraiser regulatory authority. The commissioner must grant a real estate appraiser
42	42	2.12continuing education credit within 60 days of the submission of the completed application
43	43	2.13for out-of-state continuing education credit.
44	44	2.14 (d) The commissioner may charge a fee to a real estate appraiser, in an amount to be
45	45	2.15determined by the commissioner, to submit an application under this subdivision.
46	46	2.16 (e) This subdivision does not apply to asynchronous educational offerings.
47	47	2Section 1.
48	48	REVISOR RSI/VJ 25-0388702/27/25