Oregon Bulletin
March 1, 2011
Rule
Caption: Establishes a general process to
conduct audits of appraisal management companies.
Adm.
Order No.: FCS 1-2011
Filed with Sec. of
State: 1-20-2011
Certified to be Effective: 1-20-11
Notice Publication
Date: 11-1-2010
Rules Adopted: 441-674-0510, 441-674-0520
Rules Amended: 441-674-0005
Subject: These permanent rules implement the audit requirements
of 2010 House Bill 3624 (the Act), which regulates the activities of appraisal
management companies. The Act, passed and signed into law on March 23, 2010,
requires appraisal management companies doing business in Oregon to register
with the Department of Consumer and Business Services (DCBS) by January 1,
2011. The Act requires DCBS to adopt administrative rules establishing a
process to audit registered appraisal management companies. These rules
establish the general process for audits conducted under the Act. These rules
also correct a citation to rules adopted by the Oregon Appraiser Certification
and Licensure Board.
Rules Coordinator: Shelley Greiner—(503) 947-7484
441-674-0005
Definitions
In addition to the definitions in 2010 Or Laws ch 87, §
1, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly requires otherwise:
(1) “Appraisal report” has the same meaning as the term
is defined in OAR 161-002-0000.
(2) “Assignment” means:
(a) An agreement between an appraiser and a client to
perform a valuation service; and
(b) The valuation service that is provided as a consequence
of such an agreement.
(3) “Audit” means a formal or official examination and
verification of the accounts, correspondence, memoranda, papers, books and
other records of an appraisal management company for compliance with 2010 Or
Laws ch 87, §§ 1 to 8.
(4) “Board” means the Appraiser Certification and
Licensure Board established under ORS 674.305.
(5) “Competency” or “competent” refers to the
Competency Rule as contained in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
Practice, 2010-2011 Edition, approved and adopted by the Appraisal Standards
Board of the Appraisal Foundation, dated April 27, 1987, as amended on January
1, 2010 and adopted by the board by reference under OAR 161-025-0060.
(6) “Director” means the Director of the Department of
Consumer and Business Services.
(7) “Individual” means a natural person.
(8)(a) A “person with an interest in a real estate
transaction” includes, but is not limited to, a mortgage lender, mortgage
broker, mortgage banker, real estate broker, appraisal management company,
employee of an appraisal management company, or a consumer.
(b) A “person with an interest in a real estate
transaction” does not include an appraiser.
(9) “Quality control examination” means the examination
of an appraisal report for compliance and completeness, including examination
for grammatical or typographical errors.
(10) “Real property” has the same meaning as the term
is defined in OAR 161-002-0000(31).
(11)(a) “Reviews real estate appraisal activity” means,
for purposes of section 2, chapter 87, 2010 Or Laws, the act or process of
developing or communicating an opinion about the quality of another appraiser’s
work that was performed as part of an appraisal, appraisal review, or appraisal
consulting assignment.
(b) “Reviews real estate appraisal activity” does not
include a quality control examination.
(12) “System” means an organized or established
procedure or method.
Stat. Auth.: 2010 OL Ch. 87, § 1
Stat. Implemented: 2010 OL Ch. 87,
§ 1-2 & 7
Hist.: FCS 10-2010(Temp), f. &
cert. ef. 9-1-10 thru 12-31-10; FCS 13-2010, f. 12-30-10, cert. ef. 1-1-11; FCS
1-2011, f. & cert. ef. 1-20-11
441-674-0510
Audits Required
(1) An audit of an appraisal management company
registered to provide appraisal management services in Oregon shall be
conducted no later than two years following registration as an appraisal
management company, or two years following a date established by the director.
(2) In the case of a subsidiary or affiliate of a
financial institution engaging in business as an appraisal management company
without obtaining a registration to provide appraisal management services in
Oregon, the director may conduct an audit of the appraisal management company
in a joint or alternating manner with the appropriate federal banking agency or
the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection as permitted or required by
applicable law.
(3) The director may audit an appraisal management
company at any reasonable time or times and may require the production of such
records at the office of the director as often as is reasonably necessary.
(4) An appraisal management company that refuses to
submit to an audit shall be considered to have failed the audit.
Stat. Auth.: 2010 OL ch 87, § 4
Stat. Implemented: 2010 OL ch 87,
§ 4
Hist.: FCS 1-2011, f. & cert.
ef. 1-20-11
441-674-0520
Audit Standards
An audit under OAR 441-674-0510 will examine the
appraisal management company’s compliance with 2010 Or Laws ch 87, §§ 1 to 8,
including, but not limited to, examination of the following:
(1) The appraisal management company’s system to verify
the competency of appraisers on the business entity’s panel meeting the minimum
requirements in OAR 441-674-0120.
(2) The names, license or certification numbers, and
competency information required by OAR 441-674-0130 of the Oregon-licensed or
certified appraisers on the applicant’s appraiser panel.
(3) The appraisal management company’s dispute
resolution process as described in 2010 Or Laws ch 87, § 7 and OAR
441-674-0130, including a sampling of disputes and the resolution of those
disputes chosen by the auditor.
(4) The appraisal management company’s record retention
schedule, consistent with 2010 Or Laws ch 87, § 2.
(5) The appraisal management company’s business
practices and transactions that may indicate:
(a) The appraisal management company attempted to
influence the development, reporting or review of an appraisal or appraisal
review assignment, consistent with the prohibitions established in 2010 Or Laws
ch 87, § 5;
(b) The appraisal management company substantively
altered in any way a completed appraisal report submitted by an appraiser,
consistent with the prohibition established in 2010 Or Laws ch 87, § 5;
(c) The appraisal management company failed to make
payments to an independent contractor appraiser for the completion of an
appraisal or appraisal review, excluding claims for breach of contract or
substandard performance; or
(d) The appraisal management company violated any other
provision established in 2010 Or Laws ch 87, §§ 1 to 8.
Stat. Auth.: 2010 OL ch 87, § 4
Stat. Implemented: 2010 OL ch 87,
§§ 4, 5
Hist.: FCS 1-2011, f. & cert.
ef. 1-20-11
Rule
Caption: Amend the “Accredited Investor”
rule definition to conform to recent changes in federal law.
Adm.
Order No.: FCS 2-2011
Filed with Sec. of
State: 2-15-2011
Certified to be
Effective: 2-15-11
Notice Publication
Date: 1-1-2011
Rules Amended: 441-035-0010
Subject: The definition of an “accredited investor” definition
under OAR 441-035-0010(5) is amended to exclude the value of a natural person
investor’s primary residence from the $1 million net worth calculation. The
amended definition reflects the modification of the federal “accredited
investor” definition under the Dodd-Frank Act.
Rules Coordinator: Shelley Greiner—(503) 947-7484
441-035-0010
Accredited Investor
For purposes of ORS 59.035(5) accredited investor
includes:
(1) Any bank as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the
Securities Act of 1933 (the “Act”), or any savings and loan association or
other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act whether acting in
its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant
to Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any insurance company as
defined in Section 2(13) of the Act; any investment company registered under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined
in Section 2(a)(48) of the Investment Company Act of 1940; any small business
investment company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under
Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any plan
established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any
agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the
benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of
$5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title 1 of the
Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”), if the investment
decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of ERISA,
which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or
registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets
in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions
made solely by persons that are accredited investors.
(2) Any private business development company as defined
in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.
(3) Any organization described in Section 501(c)(3)
of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar
business trust, or partnership, not formed for the specific purpose of
acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000.
(4) Any director, executive officer, or general partner
of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold or any director,
executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer.
(5) Any natural person whose individual net worth, or
joint net worth with that person’s spouse, at the time of the purchase exceeds
$1,000,000, excluding the value of the natural investor’s primary residence.
(6) Any natural person who had an individual income in
excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with
that person’s spouse in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a
reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year.
(7) Any trust, with total assets in excess of
$5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities
offered, whose purchase
is directed by a sophisticated person as described in 17 CFR 230.506(b)(2)(ii).
(8) Any entity in which all of the equity owners are
accredited investors.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 59.285
Stats. Implemented: ORS 59.035(5)
Hist.: CC 12-1985(Temp), f. &
ef. 11-25-85; CC 1-1987, f. & ef. 2-4-87; FCS 8-1988(Temp), f. & cert.
ef. 4-11-88; Renumbered from 815-030-0042; FCS 14-1988, f. & ef. 10-10-88;
FCS 5-1990, f. & cert. ef. 8-21-90; FCS 9-2010(Temp), f. 8-2-10, cert. ef.
8-3-10 thru 1-30-11; FCS 2-2011, f. & cert. ef. 2-15-11
Notes
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