PRINTER'S NO. 3215

THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOUSE BILL

No. 2326 Session of 2002

        INTRODUCED BY LEWIS, CIVERA, ALLEN, ARGALL, M. BAKER, CAPPELLI,
           M. COHEN, CREIGHTON, DALLY, FEESE, GABIG, HERMAN, HERSHEY,
           HORSEY, MANN, McNAUGHTON, PICKETT, PIPPY, PISTELLA, READSHAW,
           RUBLEY, SATHER, SAYLOR, SEMMEL, E. Z. TAYLOR, TIGUE, TURZAI,
           WASHINGTON AND YOUNGBLOOD, JANUARY 30, 2002

        REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON PROFESSIONAL LICENSURE,
           JANUARY 30, 2002

                                     AN ACT

     1  Amending the act of July 10, 1990 (P.L.404, No.98), entitled "An
     2     act providing for the certification of real estate
     3     appraisers; specifying requirements for certification;
     4     providing for sanctions and penalties; and making an
     5     appropriation," further providing for the State Board of
     6     Certified Real Estate Appraisers.

     7     The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
     8  hereby enacts as follows:
     9     Section 1.  Section 4(a) of the act of July 10, 1990
    10  (P.L.404, No.98), known as the Real Estate Appraisers
    11  Certification Act, is amended to read:
    12  Section 4.  State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.
    13     (a)  Creation.--There is hereby created the State Board of
    14  Certified Real Estate Appraisers as a departmental
    15  administrative board in the Department of State. The board shall
    16  consist of [seven members] the following members:
    17         (1)  The Attorney General or a designee.
    18         (2)  Six members who are citizens of the United States

     1     and who have been residents of this Commonwealth for a two-
     2     year period immediately prior to appointment, two of whom
     3     shall be public members[,] and four of whom shall be persons
     4     who are State-certified real estate appraisers [and one of
     5     whom shall be the Secretary of the Commonwealth or his or her
     6     designee].
     7  For the initial board appointments, the four professional
     8  members need not be certified at the time of appointment but
     9  shall have appropriate appraisal experience and education and
    10  shall have demonstrated adherence to standards of professional
    11  practice.
    12     * * *
    13     Section 2.  This act shall take effect in 60 days.












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