HB132 Alabama 2016 Session

Summary

Primary Sponsor

Jack Williams

Republican

Session

Regular Session 2016

Title

Real Estate Appraisers Board, prohibited from establishing fees that an appraiser can charge, Sec. 34-27A-5 am'd.

Summary

HB132 would stop the Real Estate Appraisers Board from setting minimum fees for real estate appraisal services.

What This Bill Does

The bill amends Section 34-27A-5 to ban the board from establishing any minimum charges for appraisal services. The board would continue its other regulatory duties (processing licensure applications, maintaining license records, creating exam standards, setting continuing education requirements, and handling disciplinary actions). It does not specify changes to other types of fees beyond prohibiting minimum-fee rules, so the board’s ability to regulate fees is limited only to minimum price floors for appraisal services.

Who It Affects

• Real estate appraisers and trainees: they would no longer be subject to board-imposed minimum prices for appraisal work.
• People who hire real estate appraisers (appraisal clients/owners): pricing of appraisal services could be more determined by the market since the board cannot set a minimum fee.

Key Provisions

• Amends Section 34-27A-5 to prohibit the Real Estate Appraisers Board from establishing specific minimum fees for real estate appraisal services by administrative rule or any other means.
• Retains the board's broad regulatory powers (licensure processing, registry maintenance, examination standards, continued education, disciplinary actions, and other related functions) while enforcing the prohibition on minimum-fee rules.

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Subjects

Real Estate Appraisers Board