1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to commerce; regulating real estate brokers, salespersons, and appraisers; 
1.3 	changing continuing education requirements;amending Minnesota Statutes 2016, 
1.4 	sections 45.30, subdivision 4; 45.306, by adding a subdivision.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 45.30, subdivision 4, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 4.Credit earned. (a) Upon completion of approved courses, students must earn 
1.8 	one hour of continuing education credit for each hour approved by the commissioner. 
1.9 	Continuing education courses must be attended in their entirety in order to receive credit 
1.10 	for the number of approved hours, with the exception of interactive Internet continuing 
1.11 	education courses relating to a person being licensed:
1.12 	(1) as a broker or salesperson under chapter 82; or
1.13 	(2) as an appraiser under chapter 82B.
1.14 	(b) Qualified instructors will earn three hours of continuing education credit for each 
1.15 	classroom hour of approved instruction that they deliver (1) independently, or (2) as part 
1.16 	of a team presentation in a course of two hours or less, if they attend the course in its entirety. 
1.17 	For licensees other than appraisers, no more than one-half of the continuing education hours 
1.18 	required for renewal of a license may be earned as a qualified instructor at the rate of three 
1.19 	hours of continuing education credit for each classroom hour of approved instruction. For 
1.20 	licensed appraisers, no more than one-half of the continuing education hours required for 
1.21 	renewal of a license may be earned as a qualified instructor. No credit will be earned if the 
1.22 	licensee has previously obtained credit for the same course as either a student or instructor 
1.23 	during the same licensing period.
2.1 	(c) A licensee must not receive credit for more than eight hours of continuing education 
2.2 	in one day.

2.3 	Sec. 2. Minnesota Statutes 2016, section 45.306, is amended by adding a subdivision to 
2.4 	read:
2.5 		Subd. 2a.Exception. Subdivision 2, clause (3), does not apply to interactive Internet 
2.6 	continuing education courses relating to a person being licensed as a broker or salesperson 
2.7 	under chapter 82 or to a person being licensed as an appraiser under chapter 82B.