Senate File 2235 - Introduced SENATE FILE BY COMMITTEE ON COMMERCE (SUCCESSOR TO SSB 3061) Passed Senate, Date Passed House, Date Vote: Ayes Nays Vote: Ayes Nays Approved A BILL FOR 1 An Act providing for temporary licensure of real estate brokers 2 and salespersons. 3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF IOWA: 4 TLSB 6055SV 81 5 jr/je/5 PAG LIN 1 1 Section 1. Section 543B.15, subsection 10, Code Supplement 1 2 2005, is amended to read as follows: 1 3 10. An applicant for an initial real estate broker's or 1 4 salesperson's license shall be subject to a national criminal 1 5 history check through the federal bureau of investigation. 1 6 The commission shall request the criminal history check and 1 7 shall provide the applicant's fingerprints to the department 1 8 of public safety for submission through the state criminal 1 9 history repository to the federal bureau of investigation. 1 10 The applicant shall authorize release of the results of the 1 11 criminal history check to the real estate commission. The 1 12 applicant shall pay the actual cost of the fingerprinting and 1 13 criminal history check, if any. Unless the criminal history 1 14 check was completed within the ninety calendar days prior to 1 15 the date the license application is received by the real 1 16 estate commission, the commission shall reject and return the 1 17 application to the applicant. If the criminal history check 1 18 is delayed due to the inadequacy of the fingerprints provided 1 19 to the federal bureau of investigation, the commission shall 1 20 issue the applicant a temporary license to remain in effect 1 21 until the criminal history check has been completed. The 1 22 results of a criminal history check conducted pursuant to this 1 23 subsection shall not be considered a public record under 1 24 chapter 22. 1 25 EXPLANATION 1 26 Applicants for licensure as a real estate broker or 1 27 salesperson are required to submit fingerprint samples as part 1 28 of a criminal background check. This bill provides for a 1 29 temporary license in the event the background check is delayed 1 30 due to an error in taking the fingerprint sample. 1 31 LSB 6055SV 81 1 32 jr:nh/je/5