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SF0062 • 2020

Appraisal management companies-amendments.

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; clarifying regulations regarding appraisal management company license reinstatement; removing a probationary period for an appraiser panelist; and providing for an effective date.

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Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Senator Pappas
Last action
2020-03-12
Official status
enrolled
Effective date
7/1/2020

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not address other aspects of appraiser regulation beyond license reinstatement and removal from panels.

Changes to Appraisal Management Company Rules

This law changes rules for appraisal management companies, allowing certain individuals with past issues to still get registered and removing a waiting period before appraisers can be removed from a company's list.

What This Bill Does

  • Clarifies that an appraisal management company cannot register in Wyoming if any owner has had their license or certification revoked for serious reasons.
  • Allows owners who have had minor issues with their licenses to still get registered if they prove the issue was not serious and their license is now valid again.
  • Removes a 90-day waiting period before an appraisal management company can remove an appraiser from its list of approved appraisers.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Appraisal management companies in Wyoming
  • Individuals who want to own appraisal management companies

Terms To Know

Adverse action
When a license or certification is refused, denied, canceled, suspended, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of revocation.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The law does not specify what happens if an appraisal management company fails to follow the new rules.
  • It's unclear how many companies will be affected by these changes.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

SF0062S2001

2nd reading • Senator Pappas

Adopted

Plain English: The amendment changes the conditions under which an appraisal management company can have its license reinstated after facing adverse actions.

  • Removes the requirement for a probationary period for appraiser panelists.
  • Clarifies that if someone has faced an adverse action but it was not due to substantive reasons, and their license or certificate is issued or reinstated, they are exempt from certain restrictions.
  • The amendment text does not provide specific details about the nature of 'substantive causes' or what restrictions would apply if these conditions were met.

Bill History

  1. 2020-03-12 LSO

    Assigned Chapter Number 73

  2. 2020-03-12 Governor

    Governor Signed SEA No. 0028

  3. 2020-03-09 House

    H Speaker Signed SEA No. 0028

  4. 2020-03-06 Senate

    S President Signed SEA No. 0028

  5. 2020-03-06 LSO

    Assigned Number SEA No. 0028

  6. 2020-03-06 House

    H 3rd Reading:Passed 57-1-2-0-0

  7. 2020-03-05 House

    H 2nd Reading:Passed

  8. 2020-03-04 House

    H COW:Passed

  9. 2020-03-02 House

    H Placed on General File

  10. 2020-03-02 House

    H09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 9-0-0-0-0

  11. 2020-02-28 House

    H Introduced and Referred to H09 - Minerals

  12. 2020-02-26 House

    H Received for Introduction

  13. 2020-02-26 Senate

    S 3rd Reading:Passed 30-0-0-0-0

  14. 2020-02-25 Senate

    S 2nd Reading:Passed

  15. 2020-02-24 Senate

    S COW:Passed

  16. 2020-02-17 Senate

    S Placed on General File

  17. 2020-02-17 Senate

    S09 - Minerals:Recommend Do Pass 5-0-0-0-0

  18. 2020-02-11 Senate

    S Introduced and Referred to S09 - Minerals 29-0-1-0-0

  19. 2020-02-10 Senate

    S Received for Introduction

  20. 2020-01-30 LSO

    Bill Number Assigned

Official Summary Text

Bill Summary - 20LSO-0220
Bill No.:

SF0062

Effective:

7/1/2020 12:00:00 AM

LSO No.:

20LSO-0220

Enrolled Act No.:

SEA No. 0028

Chapter No.:

73

Prime Sponsor:

Pappas

Catch Title:

Appraisal management companies-amendments.

Subject:

Regulation of appraisal management companies.

Summary/Major Elements:

The act specifies that an appraisal management company is not eligible for registration in Wyoming if any owner of the company has had an adverse action against the person's license or certification in Wyoming or in another state. If a person has had an adverse action, but the person certifies to the Wyoming Certified Real Estate Appraiser Board that the adverse action was not for a substantive reason and that the person's license or certificate has been issued or reinstated, as applicable, then this prohibition shall not apply.

The act also removes an initial ninety (90) day period during which an appraisal management company was previously allowed to remove an appraiser from its appraiser panel or otherwise refuse to assign requests for real estate appraisal services to an independent appraiser.
The above summary is not an official publication of the Wyoming Legislature and is not an official statement of legislative intent. While the Legislative Service Office endeavored to provide accurate information in this summary, it should not be relied upon as a comprehensive abstract of the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text
20LSO-0220

ORIGINAL Senate

File No
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SF0062

ENROLLED ACT NO. 28,

SENATE

SIXTY-FIFTH LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WYOMING
2020 Budget Session

AN ACT relating to professions and occupations; clarifying regulations regarding appraisal management company license reinstatement; removing a probationary period for an appraiser panelist; and providing for an effective date.

Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:

Section 1.

W.S. 33
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202(a) by creating a new paragraph (xiv), 33
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209(a) and (b)(iii), 33
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211(a)(i) and 33
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223 are amended to read:

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202.

Definitions.

(a)

As used in this article:

(xiv)

"Adverse action" means the refusal, denial, cancellation, suspension, revocation or surrender in lieu of revocation of a license or certificate to practice as an appraiser.

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209.

Owner requirements.

(a)

No appraisal management company shall be eligible for registration in this state if the company, in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, is owned by any person who has had
a license or certificate to act as an appraiser refused, denied, cancelled, revoked or surrendered in lieu of revocation
an adverse action
in any jurisdiction for a substantive cause as determined by the board.
If a person has had an adverse action, but the person certifies to the board that the adverse action was for other than a substantive cause and that the person's license or
certificate has been issued or reinstated, as applicable, this subsection shall not apply.

(b)

Each person who owns more than ten percent (10%) of an appraisal management company performing appraisal management services regarding real estate located in this state shall:

(iii)

Certify to the board that
:

(A)

T
he person has never had
a certificate or license to act as an appraiser refused, denied, cancelled, revoked or surrendered in lieu of revocation
an adverse action
in this state or in any other jurisdiction
;
.

or

(B)

The adverse action was for other than a substantive cause and the person's license or certificate has been issued or reinstated, as applicable, by the state or states in which the appraiser was licensed or certified.

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211.

Designated contact person; requirements.

(a)

In order to serve as a contact person of an appraisal management company, a person shall:

(i)

Certify to the board that
:

(A)

T
he person has never had
a certificate or a license issued by the board of this state, or the board of any other jurisdiction, to act as an appraiser refused, denied, cancelled, revoked or surrendered in lieu of revocation
an adverse action in this state or in any other jurisdiction
;
or

(B)

The adverse action was for other than a substantive cause and the person's license or certificate has been issued or reinstated, as applicable, by the state or states in which the appraiser was licensed or certified.

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223.

Notification of dismissal.

Except within the first ninety (90) days after an independent appraiser is added to the appraiser panel of an appraisal management company,
A
n appraisal management company shall not remove an appraiser from its appraiser panel or otherwise refuse to assign requests for real estate appraisal services to an independent appraiser without notifying the appraiser in writing of the reasons for the action.

Section 2
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This act is effective July 1, 2020
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(END)

Speaker of the House

President of the Senate

Governor

TIME APPROVED: _________

DATE APPROVED: _________

I hereby certify that this act originated in the Senate.

Chief Clerk

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