Alaska Real Estate Commission
Notice of Public Scoping for Possible Updates and Revisions to
AREC Regulations Under Administrative Order 266
12 AAC 64.118 and 12 AAC 64.119
The Alaska Real Estate Commission (Commission) is reviewing its regulations to determine whether to update or revise the current requirements and forms, the Consumer Disclosure and the Waiver of Right to be Represented, that the Commission adopts by reference.
The Commission last revised and adopted the Consumer Disclosure and the Waiver of Right to be Represented forms in February 2015. To view the current forms, please go to: https://www.commerce.alaska.gov/web/portals/5/pub/AREC-ConsumerDisclosure&WaiverOfRightToBeRepresented-02-2015.pdf.
12 AAC 64.118. CONSUMER DISCLOSURE. Before a real estate licensee provides specific assistance to a person, or when entering into a contract with the person to provide specific assistance, the real estate licensee shall provide the person with a copy of the commission’s Alaska Real Estate Commission Consumer Disclosure, dated February 2015, and adopted by reference.
12 AAC 64.119. WAIVER OF RIGHT TO BE REPRESENTED. A written consent that a neutral licensee obtains under AS 08.88.610 must be provided on the commission’s form entitled Alaska Real Estate Commission Waiver of Right to Be Represented, dated February 2015, and adopted by reference.
The purpose of this notice is to ask the licensees, public, and other interested parties for ideas and suggestions for possible updates or revisions to these regulations and forms before the Commission undertakes the task of drafting any specific proposed revisions to these regulations and forms. These ideas and suggestions can be as broad or as narrow, or as general or specific as a submitter may wish, but they should pertain only to the two sections cited above.
The Commission is not currently proposing any specific changes at this time. There are no draft regulations to review. If the Commission does draft any new proposed regulations or amendments related to these two sections, those proposed revisions will be noticed, and made available for public review and comment under the Administrative Procedure Act AS 44.62.
This notice and the input it solicits is intended to assist the Commission in gathering information before it begins the formal process of drafting any proposed changes to its existing regulatory framework related to the Consumer Disclosure and the Waiver of Right to be Represented forms.
Written comments, suggestions, and other input must be received no later than 4:30 p.m. on December 13, 2019. Please send all submissions by mail or email to:
Jun Maiquis, Regulations Specialist
Division of Corporations, Business and Professional Licensing
Department of Commerce, Community, and Economic Development
P.O. Box 110806
Juneau, AK 99811-0801
RegulationsAndPublicComment@alaska.gov
Comments may also be submitted through the Alaska Online Public Notice System by accessing this notice on the system at http://notice.alaska.gov/196155, and using the “comment” link.
Oral comments may also be given at a hearing to be held on December 18, 2019, at the Atwood Building, 550 West 7th Avenue, Suite 1236, Anchorage, AK. The hearing will begin at 9:15 a.m. and will end when those who have called in or signed up before 9:15 a.m. to give oral testimony have had the opportunity to comment. If you wish to give your comments via telephone, please call 1-800-315-6338 access code 25803. The chair of the Commission may limit each participant’s length of oral testimony, determined by the chair before the hearing begins, to allow enough time for all those who have called in or signed up and timely registered to give testimony.
The division reserves the right to waive technical defects in this publication. The division complies with Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Individuals with disabilities who may need auxiliary aides, services or special modifications to participate in this scoping request may contact the above address or email.
Publish date: November 18, 2019