Report Title:
Continuing education; hazards
Description:
Requires real estate brokers and real estate salespersons to receive continuing education about hazard identification and disclosure so that they can inform homebuyers about risks.
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
H.B. NO. |
3227 |
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TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2006 |
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STATE OF HAWAII |
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A BILL FOR AN ACT
relating to real estate.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:
SECTION 1. Section 467-4.5, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:
"(a) The commission shall have the authority to:
(1) Set content and other requirements for continuing education courses, providers, and instructors; provided that the continuing education courses shall offer instruction in the identification of hazards and the disclosure thereof to buyers. As used in this paragraph, "hazards" means:
(A) Hurricanes;
(B) Tsunami;
(C) Earthquakes;
(D) Volcanic activity;
(E) Mudslides;
(F) Rockfalls;
(G) Sinkholes; and
(H) Situations described in section 508D-15.
(2) Determine whether requirements have been met;
(3) Specify a mandatory core course, courses, or equivalencies for a licensing biennium;
(4) Determine how many hours of a continuing education course will be credited toward continuing education requirements for real estate licensees;
(5) Develop its own continuing education courses or approve courses developed by others; and
(6) Authorize the provision of courses taught by alternative delivery methods with interactive instructional techniques. Interactive instructional techniques may include but are not limited to:
(A) The opportunity for immediate exchange with an instructor; and
(B) Assessment and remediation through the assistance of computer, electronic, audio, or audiovisual interactive instruction designed to internally measure and evaluate whether students have mastered stated learning objectives."
SECTION 2. This Act shall not apply to any continuing education course duly scheduled before its effective date or to any real estate broker or real estate salesperson attending the course until the licensing biennium following its effective date.
SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.
SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.
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