Under existing law, the Alabama Real Estate Commission regulates, licenses, and approves instructors, administrators, and schools offering approved real estate courses to licensees and individuals applying for a license. This bill would differentiate between a prelicense school and a continuing education school and provide specific requirements for each. This bill would establish requirements for the approval of a prelicense instructor. This bill would authorize the license or approval of an instructor, administrator, or school to be placed on an inactive status and provide related requirements and procedures. This bill would provide conditions under which licenses and certain approvals expire and lapse. This bill would authorize the commission to approve synchronous distance education, subject to certain considerations. This bill would further provide for the requirements to be issued a salesperson or broker license. This bill would further provide requirements for qualifying broker, temporary qualifying broker, salesperson, and temporary salesperson licensees. This bill would revise deadlines and fees for the renewal of broker and salesperson licenses. This bill would revise the causes of action for which the commission may initiate a disciplinary action. This bill would also make nonsubstantive, technical revisions to update the existing code language to current style.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 34-27-6, 34-27-32, 34-27-33, 34-27-34, 34-27-35, 34-27-36