(a) “Department” means the Department of Real Estate in the Business, Consumer Services, and Housing Agency.

(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2018.

(Repealed (in Sec. 5) and added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 828, Sec. 6. (SB 173) Effective January 1, 2018. Section operative July 1, 2018, by its own provisions.)