Sec. 20-490a. Home Inspection Licensing Board.
Sec. 20-490a. Home Inspection Licensing Board. (a) There shall be, within the
Department of Consumer Protection, a Home Inspection Licensing Board.
(b) The board shall consist of eight members, to be appointed by the Governor not
later than six months after July 1, 2000. The Governor shall appoint a chairperson from
among the members of the board. Each member shall be, at the time of appointment, a
resident of the state of Connecticut. Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section,
five of the members shall be home inspectors licensed under section 20-492a or subsection (b) of section 20-492b, who have been engaged in home inspection in this state for
at least five years immediately preceding their appointment. Three of the members shall
be public members who are owners and residents of a residential building.
(c) For a period of eighteen months from July 1, 2000, the five home inspectors
initially appointed as members of the board shall not be required, at the time of their
first appointment, to be home inspectors licensed under section 20-492a or subsection
(b) of section 20-492b, provided such home inspectors meet or exceed the requirements
of subdivisions (1), (2) and (5) of subsection (a) of section 20-492b and provided further,
each such home inspector has: (1) Been engaged in home inspection for not less than
five years prior to July 1, 2000; and (2) performed not less than five hundred home
inspections for compensation or other valuable consideration.
(d) Not later than thirty days after all members have been appointed to the board,
and annually thereafter, the board shall meet for the purpose of organizing by electing
such officers as the board may deem necessary and appropriate. The board shall meet
at least quarterly on a date and at a time and place that it shall determine and at such
other times as may be specified upon the call of the chairperson or a majority of the
board members. A majority of the members shall constitute a quorum.
(e) Any member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings or who fails to
attend fifty per cent of all meetings during any calendar year shall be deemed to have
resigned from the board. Members shall not serve for more than two consecutive full
terms, except that if no successor has been appointed or approved, such member shall
continue to serve until a successor is appointed or approved. The Governor shall fill
vacancies by appointment for the unexpired portion of the term.
(f) Members shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for
necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(P.A. 99-254, S. 2, 18; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)
History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of
Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and
Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004.