The following amendments to the Real Estate Licensing Law, enacted by the General Assembly, become effective July 1, 1971:

G.S. 93A-3(f). The Board is authorized to expand expense reserve funds as defined in G.S. 93A-3(b) for the purpose of conducting education and information programs relating to the real estate brokerage business for the information, education, guidance and protection of the general public, licensees, and applicants for license. The education and information programs may include preparation, printing and distribution of publications and articles and the conduct of conferences, seminars, and lectures.

G.S. 93A-6(c). Records relative to the deposit, maintenance, and withdrawal of the money or other property of his principals shall be properly maintained by a broker and made available to the Board or its authorized representative when the Board determines such records are pertinent to the conduct of the investigation of any specific complaint against a licensee.

G.S. 93A-9. An applicant from another state, which offers licensing privileges to residents of North Carolina, may be licensed by conforming to all the provisions of this Chapter and, in the discretion of the Board, such other terms and conditions as are required of North Carolina residents applying for license in such other state; provided that the Board makes exempt from the examination prescribed in G.S. 93A-4 a broker or salesman duly licensed in another state if a similar exemption is extended to licensed brokers and salesmen from North Carolina.