Senate Bill S7770

Signed By Governor
2021-2022 Legislative Session

Relates to defining cultural competency training for real estate brokers

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2021-S7770 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Assembly Version of this Bill:
A8845
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §441, RP L; amd §4, Chap of 2021 (as proposed in S.979-A & A.844-A)

2021-S7770 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to defining cultural competency training for real estate brokers.

2021-S7770 (ACTIVE) - Sponsor Memo

2021-S7770 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                             
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   7770
 
                             I N  S E N A T E
 
                             January 11, 2022
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by Sen. GAUGHRAN -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
   printed to be committed to the Committee on Rules
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to the definition  of
   cultural  competency  training for real estate brokers; and to amend a
   chapter of the laws of 2021 amending the real property law relating to
   requiring  real estate brokers to receive training in cultural  compe-
   tency,  as  proposed in legislative bills numbers S.979-A and A.844-A,
   in relation to the effectiveness thereof
 
   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Paragraph (b) of subdivision 1 of section 441 of the real
 property law, as amended by a chapter of the laws of 2021  amending  the
 real  property  law relating to requiring real estate brokers to receive
 training in  cultural  competency,  as  proposed  in  legislative  bills
 numbers S.979-A and A.844-A, is amended to read as follows:
   (b)  Such further information as the department may reasonably require
 shall be furnished by the applicant including sufficient proof of having
 taken and passed a written examination and answered  such  questions  as
 may  be  prepared by the department to enable it to determine the trust-
 worthiness of the applicant if an individual, or of  each  member  of  a
 co-partnership  or  each  member  of a limited liability company or each
 officer of a corporation for whom a license as a broker  is  asked,  and
 his,  her  or  their  competency to transact the business of real estate
 broker in such a manner as to safeguard the interests of the public.  In
 determining  competency,  the  department  shall  require proof that the
 person being tested to qualify to apply for a  broker's  license  has  a
 fair  knowledge  of  the  English  language, a fair understanding of the
 general purposes and general legal  effect  of  deeds,  mortgages,  land
 contracts  of  sale, and leases, a general and fair understanding of the
 obligations between principal and agent, has taken a class  on  cultural
 competency  training,  as well as of the provisions of this section. The
 applicant must also furnish proof that he or she  has  attended  for  at
 least  one  hundred  twenty  hours and has successfully completed a real
 estate course or courses approved by the secretary of state as to method
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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