Bill Text: CA SB70 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Real estate: Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 928, Statutes of 2018. [SB70 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB70-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Senate
January 03, 2018 |
Amended
IN
Senate
March 30, 2017 |
Senate Bill | No. 70 |
Introduced by Senator Bates |
January 09, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 11319 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:11319.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this code, except as provided in subdivision (b), the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice constitute the minimum standard of conduct and performance for a licensee in any work or service performed that is addressed by those standards. If a licensee also is certified by the Board of Equalization, he or she shall follow the standards established by the Board of Equalization when fulfilling his or her responsibilities for assessment purposes.(b)Notwithstanding subdivision (a) and except as provided in subdivision (c), with the consent of the client obtained in advance a licensee shall not be required to comply with the following provisions
of the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice:
(1)The limitation on restricted appraisal reports to intended users other than the client.
(2)Disclosure of prior services performed by the licensee on the property subject to the report.
(3)Reporting of prior three-year sales activity relating to the property subject to the report.
(4)Reporting of sale, options, or listings of the property subject to the report, as of the effective date of the appraisal or during the prior three years.
(5)Obligations relating to the oral communication of an estimate of the probable selling price
of a property that is not part of an appraisal assignment, as defined in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice effective January 1, 2016.
(6)Maintenance of copies of written appraisal reports unless the appraisal report contains a certification signed by the licensee.
(c)Subdivision (b) shall not apply to a report prepared by a licensee in connection with any of the following:
(1)A federally-related real estate transaction.
(2)The purchase or refinance of a residential dwelling of one to four units.
(3)A transaction subject to Section 10232.5.