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August 31 marked the end of our fiscal year, and a lot has happened in this last year. Since September 2018, the agency has gone through Sunset review, a legislative session, and changes in the leadership team.

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Based upon a Sunset recommendation, a Moral Character Determination is now called a Fitness Determination. The process itself has not changed; just the name changed.

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In April of 2018, the Executive Director of the Agency reached out to our stakeholders and to the public to acknowledge that the customer service the Agency was providing was unacceptable, and that we were working diligently to find sustainable solutions to resolve these issues.

August is here with all of its heat, and it鈥檚 the last month of the fiscal year for the Agency.聽 August also means both the Commission and Board will have their regularly scheduled meetings this month and that the agendas will be busy 鈥揳s they always are after a legislative session.

The Inspector Committee met on July 15 for its quarterly meeting.聽 There was a lot on the agenda, as this has been a busy year in our industry.聽 The Standards of Practice Subcommittee is still in the review process and asked the full committee for direction on whether to keep the standards more general or to get specific on a multitude of items.聽 The consensus was to keep them general overall but to update the current standards to meet some newer criteria.聽 The Education Subcommittee has been

To implement provisions in the agency鈥檚 recent Sunset bill, 星空体育app下载 has proposed rules to eliminate instructor licensing.聽 The proposed rules are expected to be adopted at the August Commission meeting with an effective date of September 1, 2019.

Recently, the Commission was whose license was revoked by the agency.

Before wiring money for an escrow deposit or to close on a home purchase, License Holders should make sure to talk with their clients to ensure they are sending funds to the correct recipient and account. 聽Consumers should not rely on instructions sent by email without contacting their broker or sales agent to verify the instructions are correct, since emails may be hijacked by potential scammers.

The 2019 Legislative Session concluded on May 27. With over 7,000 bills filed by legislators, this session was a busy one.聽 While the Agency鈥檚 primary focus this session was on our Sunset legislation, we did keep our eye on the progress of several bills that could have impacted the Agency in one way or another.