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STATE OF MICHIGAN

DEPARTMENT OF LICENSING AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS

BUREAU OF PROFESSIONAL LICENSING

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PUBLIC HEARING

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FRIDAY, MARCH 14, 2025

AT ABOUT 9:00 A.M.

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OTTAWA BUILDING

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611 W. OTTAWA STREET, UL-5

LANSING, MICHIGAN

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RE: Real Estate Brokers and Sales Persons

General Rules

(MOAHR #2023-75 LR)

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16 HEARING FACILITATOR:

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DENA MARKS

Bureau of Professional Licensing

611 W. Ottawa Street

Lansing, Michigan 48909

ALSO PRESENT: Kim Smith

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2 Opening Statement - Dena Marks

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4 COMMENTS:

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7 Closing Statement - Dena Marks

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Lansing, Michigan

Friday, March 14, 2025

At 9:01 a.m.

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(Public hearing commenced pursuant to due notice.)

MS. MARKS: Good morning. My name is

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Dean Marks, and I am a departmental specialist in the

Boards and Committees Section within the Bureau of

Professional Licensing in the Department of Licensing and

Regulatory Affairs, and I will be conducting the hearing

today.

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This is a public hearing on proposed

administrative rules entitled "Real Estate Brokers and

Salespersons - General Rules". We are conducting this

hearing under the authority of the Administrative

Procedures, Public Act 306 of 1969, on behalf of the

Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of

Professional Licensing.

We are calling this hearing to order at

9:00 a.m. on March 14, 2025, at the Ottawa Building,

UL-5, 611 West Ottawa Street in Lansing, Michigan.

Publication of the notice of public hearing was in the

Flint Journal and the Grand Rapids Press on February 13,

2025, and the Daily Press on February 21, 2025. These

papers are newspapers of general circulation. The notice

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was also published in the Michigan Register, Issue

#3-2025, on March 1, 2025.

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We are here today to receive comments on

the proposed rules. If you wish to speak, please make

sure you have signed in and indicated you wish to speak.

You may use the cards provided for this purpose. If you

would like to speak and have not signed in, please do so

now. For those of you who do not wish to sign in with a

card, you may speak once we have exhausted the cards

submitted.

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If you have comments, please make sure

they relate directly to the proposed rules. If you have

questions about the rules, please indicate your questions

as part of your testimony for the Department's review.

If you have suggested changes to the proposed rules,

please include the specific reasons why the changes would

be in the public interest.

Please note, if you have already

submitted comments to the Department in writing or by

email, those comments will be considered in the same

manner as the comments made during the public hearing

today.

For those making comments today, please

clearly state and spell your name for the record, and if

you are speaking on behalf of an organization, please

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identify that organization as well.

If you have written comments, you may

submit them directly to me. The Department will also

accept written comments postmarked or emailed until 5:00

p.m. today.

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The Department staff from the Bureau of

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Professional Licensing attending today's hearing are

Kimberly Smith and me.

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At this time, does anyone have comments

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concerning the "Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons -

General Rules"? If you are online, please indicate you

have a comment by raising your hand. (No response.)

Seeing none, we will take a short recess

to allow anyone who is arriving late to come in, so at

this time, we are off the record.

(Recess from 9:04 a.m. until 9:15 a.m.)

MS. MARKS: We are back on the record.

Is there anyone who would like to make comments

concerning the "Real Estate Brokers and Salespersons -

General Rules"? (No response.)

If there are no comments at this time, I

declare the hearing closed. The record will remain open

until 5:00 p.m. today for any comments you may wish to

share about the proposed rules. Thank you for attending.

(Public hearing concluded at 9:16 a.m.)

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I, Lori Anne Penn, certify that this

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transcript consisting of 6 pages is a complete, true, and

correct record of the Public Hearing held in the

captioned matter on Friday, March 14, 2025.

I further certify that I am not

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responsible for any copies of this transcript not made

under my direction or control and bearing my original

signature.

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I also certify that I am not a relative

or employee of or an attorney for a party; or a relative

or employee of an attorney for a party; or financially

interested in the action.

March 17, 2025

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Date

Lori Anne Penn, CSR-1315

Notary Public, Macomb County, Michigan

My Commission Expires June 15, 2025

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