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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session 2024
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HOUSE BILL 2633 |
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An Act
amending section 32-2107, Arizona Revised Statutes; appropriating monies; relating to real estate.
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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:
Section 1. Section 32-2107, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended to read:
32-2107. Powers and duties of commissioner; compensation; administration of department; seal; revolving fund; technology fund
A. The commissioner shall have charge of the department with power to administer it in accordance with the provisions of and to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The commissioner shall adopt a seal which shall bear that bears the words "real estate commissioner, state of Arizona", which shall be and that is used for the authentication of to authenticate proceedings of the department and the official documents thereof. The commissioner's principal office shall be at the state capitol. The commissioner may have branch offices the commissioner deems necessary in other cities.
B. The commissioner shall receive compensation as determined pursuant to section 38-611.
C. The commissioner shall prepare and cause to be produced and circulated among the licensees and the general public educational matter the commissioner deems helpful and proper for the guidance to guide and assistance of assist both licensees and the public. The commissioner may assess a fee for each of these educational products that does not exceed a level reasonably estimated to be sufficient to recover production and distribution costs.
D. In cooperation with industry educators, content experts and other professionals, the commissioner may develop, sponsor or hold educational seminars and workshops for the benefit of licensees.
E. A the real estate department education revolving fund is established consisting of monies received from the sale of educational matter under subsection C of this section and grants of monies to be used in the production of educational products. Monies in the fund shall be used for the printing of to print a compilation of real estate laws and rules and other educational publications and for other educational efforts the commissioner deems helpful and proper for the guidance to guide and assistance of assist licensees and the public, including sponsoring and holding educational seminars or workshops for educators and other licensees. The state real estate department shall establish the revolving fund as a separate account. The state real estate department shall make a full accounting of its use to the department of administration annually or as required by the department of administration. Expenditures from the fund and reimbursement to the fund shall be as prescribed by rules of the department of administration. Monies received in the real estate department education revolving fund are not subject to reversion, except that all monies in the fund in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars that exceed $25,000 at the end of the fiscal year revert to the state general fund.
F. the real estate information technology fund is established. The real estate information technology fund shall be used to supplement the department's technological upgrades and updates to software and equipment, to contract with external vendors for technological upgrades and updates to software and equipment and to support software subscriptions. The fund may not be used to supplant the salaries of department staff. Monies in the fund are subject to legislative appropriation and are exempt from the provisions of section 35-190 relating to lapsing of appropriations.
F. G. The commissioner shall adopt rules, in accord accordance with this chapter, as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out this chapter.
G. H. The commissioner may approve standardized legal forms for use in the sale or lease of real estate for the purpose of recognizing compliance of the forms with this chapter and the rules adopted pursuant to this chapter.
Sec. 2. Appropriation; real estate information technology fund
The sum of $3,000,000 is appropriated from the department of administration subaccount in the automation projects fund established pursuant to section 41-714, Arizona Revised Statutes, in fiscal year 2024-2025 to the real estate information technology fund established by section 32-2107, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act, and is appropriated from the real estate information technology fund to the state real estate department for the purposes provided in section 32-2107, Arizona Revised Statutes, as amended by this act.