Florida Senate - 2013 SB 1398
By Senator Hukill
8-01262A-13 20131398__
1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to appraisers; amending s. 475.617,
3 F.S.; defining a qualifying classroom hour; requiring
4 all courses to be completed in a classroom or through
5 an online course that has received certain approvals;
6 providing an effective date.
7
8 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
9
10 Section 1. Section 475.617, Florida Statutes, is amended to
11 read:
12 475.617 Education and experience requirements.—
13 (1) To be registered as a trainee appraiser, an applicant
14 must present evidence satisfactory to the board that she or he
15 has successfully completed at least 100 hours of approved
16 academic courses in subjects related to real estate appraisal,
17 which must include coverage of the Uniform Standards of
18 Professional Appraisal Practice, or its equivalent, as
19 established by rule of the board, from a nationally recognized
20 or state-recognized appraisal organization, career center,
21 accredited community college, college, or university, state or
22 federal agency or commission, or proprietary real estate school
23 that holds a permit pursuant to s. 475.451. The board may
24 increase the required number of hours to not more than 125
25 hours. A qualifying classroom hour is defined as 50 minutes out
26 of each 60-minute segment. Past courses may be approved on an
27 hour-for-hour basis.
28 (2) To be certified as a residential appraiser, an
29 applicant must present satisfactory evidence to the board that
30 she or he has met the minimum education and experience
31 requirements prescribed by rule of the board. The board shall
32 prescribe by rule education and experience requirements that
33 meet or exceed the following real property appraiser
34 qualification criteria adopted on February 20, 2004, by the
35 Appraisal Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation:
36 (a) Has at least 2,500 hours of experience obtained over a
37 24-month period in real property appraisal as defined by rule.
38 (b) Has successfully completed at least 200 classroom
39 hours, inclusive of examination, of approved academic courses in
40 subjects related to real estate appraisal, which must include a
41 15-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
42 Practice course, or its equivalent, as established by rule of
43 the board, from a nationally recognized or state-recognized
44 appraisal organization, career center, accredited community
45 college, college, or university, state or federal agency or
46 commission, or proprietary real estate school that holds a
47 permit pursuant to s. 475.451. A qualifying classroom hour is
48 defined as 50 minutes out of each 60-minute segment. Past
49 courses may be approved by the board and substituted on an hour
50 for-hour basis.
51 (3) To be certified as a general appraiser, an applicant
52 must present evidence satisfactory to the board that she or he
53 has met the minimum education and experience requirements
54 prescribed by rule of the board. The board shall prescribe
55 education and experience requirements that meet or exceed the
56 following real property appraiser qualification criteria adopted
57 on February 20, 2004, by the Appraisal Qualifications Board of
58 the Appraisal Foundation:
59 (a) Has at least 3,000 hours of experience obtained over a
60 30-month period in real property appraisal as defined by rule.
61 (b) Has successfully completed at least 300 classroom
62 hours, inclusive of examination, of approved academic courses in
63 subjects related to real estate appraisal, which must include a
64 15-hour National Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
65 Practice course, or its equivalent, as established by rule of
66 the board, from a nationally recognized or state-recognized
67 appraisal organization, career center, accredited community
68 college, college, or university, state or federal agency or
69 commission, or proprietary real estate school that holds a
70 permit pursuant to s. 475.451. A qualifying classroom hour is
71 defined as 50 minutes out of each 60-minute segment. Past
72 courses may be approved by the board and substituted on an hour
73 for-hour basis.
74 (4) All academic education courses must be completed in a
75 classroom or through online distance education. The board may
76 find that an online distance education course meets the
77 classroom hour requirement if the course has received approval
78 from the International Distance Education Certification Center
79 for the course design and delivery method and the approval of
80 the Appraiser Qualifications Board through its Course Approval
81 Program.
82 (5)(4) Each applicant must furnish, under oath, a detailed
83 statement of the experience for each year of experience she or
84 he claims. Upon request, the applicant shall furnish to the
85 board, for its examination, copies of appraisal reports or file
86 memoranda to support the claim for experience. Any appraisal
87 report or file memoranda used to support a claim for experience
88 must be maintained by the applicant for no less than 5 years
89 after the date of certification.
90 (6)(5) The board may implement the provisions of this
91 section by rule.
92 Section 2. This act shall take effect July 1, 2013.