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Assembly Bill A2077

2017-2018 Legislative Session

Relates to training requirements for home inspector licensing

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2017-A2077 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Judiciary
Law Section:
Real Property Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §§444-e & 444-l, RP L
Versions Introduced in 2015-2016 Legislative Session:
A6956

2017-A2077 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to training requirements for home inspector licensing and requires the secretary to establish rules and regulations pertaining to the number and manner of hours of required training needed to obtain a license or license renewal.

2017-A2077 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   2077
 
                        2017-2018 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             January 17, 2017
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by M. of A. LUPARDO -- read once and referred to the Commit-
   tee on Judiciary
 
 AN ACT to amend the real property law, in relation to training  require-
   ments for home inspector licensing
 
   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   Section 1. Subparagraph (i) of  paragraph  (b)  of  subdivision  1  of
 section 444-e of the real property law, as amended by section 59 of part
 D of chapter 60 of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as follows:
   (i)  have  successfully  completed  a course of study of not less than
 [one] TWO hundred [forty] hours approved by the secretary, of  which  at
 least  [forty]  EIGHTY hours shall have been in the form of unpaid field
 based inspections in the presence of and under the direct supervision of
 a home inspector licensed by the state of New  York  or  a  professional
 engineer  or  architect  regulated by the state of New York who oversees
 and takes full responsibility for the inspection and any report provided
 to a client; or
   § 2. Section 444-l of the real property law, as amended by section  62
 of  part  D  of  chapter  60  of the laws of 2012, is amended to read as
 follows:
   § 444-l. Duties of the secretary. 1.  The  secretary  shall  establish
 such  rules  and  regulations  as  shall  be  necessary to implement the
 provisions of this article.
   2. THE SECRETARY SHALL ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS  PERTAINING  TO
 THE  NUMBER  AND MANNER OF HOURS OF UNPAID FIELD-BASED TRAINING REQUIRED
 PURSUANT TO SUBPARAGRAPH (I) OF PARAGRAPH  (B)  OF  SUBDIVISION  ONE  OF
 SECTION FOUR HUNDRED FORTY-FOUR-E OF THIS ARTICLE.
   § 3. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                            LBD05447-02-7

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