Public Act 099-0728
 
HB6245 EnrolledLRB099 19717 SMS 44115 b


  
    AN ACT concerning regulation.
  
 
    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
represented in the General Assembly:
  
 
 
    Section 5. The Real Estate License Act of 2000 is amended  
by changing Section 5-70 as follows:
 



    (225 ILCS 454/5-70)



    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2020)

    Sec. 5-70. Continuing education requirement; managing 
broker or broker.

    (a) The requirements of this Section apply to all managing 
brokers and brokers.

    (b) Except as otherwise
provided in this Section, each

person who applies for renewal of his or her license as a 
managing broker or broker must successfully complete 6 hours of 
real estate continuing education
courses approved by
the 
Advisory Council for each year of the pre-renewal period.  In 
addition, beginning with the pre-renewal period for managing 
broker licensees that begins after the effective date of this 
Act, those licensees renewing or obtaining a managing broker's 
license must successfully complete a 12-hour broker management 
continuing education course approved by the Department each 
pre-renewal period.  The broker management continuing education 
course must be completed in the classroom or by other 
interactive delivery method between the instructor and the 
students. Successful completion of the course shall include 
achieving a passing score as provided by rule on a test 
developed and administered in accordance with rules adopted by 
the Department. No
license may be renewed
except upon the 
successful completion of the required courses or their

equivalent or upon a waiver
of those requirements for good 
cause shown as determined by the Secretary
with the

recommendation of the Advisory Council.
The requirements of 
this Article are applicable to all managing brokers and brokers

except those managing brokers
and brokers who, during the 
pre-renewal period:


        (1) serve in the armed services of the United States;


        (2) serve as an elected State or federal official;


        (3) serve as a full-time employee of the Department; or


        (4) are admitted to practice law pursuant to Illinois 
    Supreme Court rule.

    (c) (Blank).
    (d) A
person receiving an initial license
during the 90 
days before the renewal date shall not be
required to complete 
the continuing
education courses provided for in subsection (b) 
of this
Section as a condition of initial license renewal.


    (e) The continuing education requirement for brokers and 
managing brokers shall
consist of a core
curriculum and an 
elective curriculum, to be established by the Advisory
Council.  
In meeting the
continuing education requirements of this Act, 
at least 3 hours per year or
their equivalent, 6 hours for each 
two-year pre-renewal period, shall
be required to be completed 
in the core curriculum.
In establishing the core curriculum, 
the Advisory Council shall consider
subjects that will
educate 
licensees on recent changes in applicable laws and new laws and 
refresh
the licensee on areas
of the license law and the 
Department policy that the Advisory Council deems appropriate,

and any other
areas that the Advisory Council deems timely and 
applicable in order to prevent
violations of this Act
and to 
protect the public.
In establishing the elective curriculum, 
the Advisory Council shall consider
subjects that cover
the 
various aspects of the practice of real estate that are covered 
under the
scope of this Act.
However, the elective curriculum 
shall not include any offerings referred to in
Section 5-85 of 
this Act.

    (f) The subject areas of continuing education courses 
approved by the
Advisory Council may
include without limitation 
the following:


        (1) license law and escrow;


        (2) antitrust;


        (3) fair housing;


        (4) agency;


        (5) appraisal;


        (6) property management;


        (7) residential brokerage;


        (8) farm property management;


        (9) rights and duties of sellers, buyers, and brokers;


        (10) commercial brokerage and leasing; and


        (11) real estate financing.

    (g) In lieu of credit for those courses listed in 
subsection (f) of this
Section, credit may be
earned for 
serving as a licensed instructor in an approved course of 
continuing
education.  The
amount of credit earned for teaching 
a course shall be the amount of continuing
education credit for

which the course is approved for licensees taking the course.

    (h) Credit hours may be earned for self-study programs 
approved by the
Advisory Council.

    (i) A managing broker or broker may earn credit for a 
specific continuing
education course only
once during the 
prerenewal period.

    (j) No more than 6 hours of continuing education credit may 
be taken or earned in one
calendar day.

    (k) To promote the offering of a uniform and consistent 
course content, the Department may provide for the development 
of a single broker management course to be offered by all 
continuing education providers who choose to offer the broker 
management continuing education course.  The Department may 
contract for the development of the 12-hour broker management 
continuing education course with an outside vendor or 
consultant and, if the course is developed in this manner, the 
Department or the outside consultant shall license the use of 
that course to all approved continuing education providers who 
wish to provide the course.

    (l) Except as specifically provided in this Act, continuing 
education credit hours may not be earned for completion of pre 
or post-license courses.  The approved 30-hour post-license 
course for broker licensees shall satisfy the continuing 
education requirement for the pre-renewal period in which the 
course is taken.  The approved 45-hour brokerage administration 
and management course shall satisfy the 12-hour broker 
management continuing education requirement for the 
pre-renewal period in which the course is taken. 
(Source: P.A. 98-531, eff. 8-23-13; 99-227, eff. 8-3-15.)