ENGROSSED HOUSE
BILL NO. 1821	By:	Martin (Steve) of the House

			      and

		Bingman of the Senate

An Act relating to professions and occupations; prohibiting certain persons from obtaining a real estate license; providing for codification; and providing an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1.     NEW LAW     A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 858-301.1 of Title 59, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A.  Any person convicted of a felony involving forgery, embezzlement, obtaining money under false pretense, extortion, conspiracy to defraud, fraud, or any other similar offense or offenses shall not be eligible to obtain a real estate license within ten (10) years of the completion of any criminal sentence, including parole and probation.  Any person convicted of any other felony shall not be allowed to obtain a real estate license within five (5) years of the completion of any criminal sentence, including parole and probation. 
B.  Any person convicted of any crimes defined in Section 13.1  of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes shall not be eligible to obtain a real estate license within twenty (20) years of the completion of any criminal sentence, including parole and probation.
C.  This section applies to all new applicants filing for real estate licenses on and after November 1, 2009, and does not apply to the renewal or reissuance of real estate licenses.
SECTION 2.  This act shall become effective November 1, 2009.
Passed the House of Representatives the 2nd day of March, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the House of
	Representatives

Passed the Senate the ____ day of __________, 2009.

	
Presiding Officer of the Senate