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CT Gen Stat § 20-492b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-492b - Qualifications for license. Exemptions.

 (a) To be eligible for a home inspector license, an applicant shall:(1) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent;(2) Have earned a home inspector intern permit and performed not less than one hundred home inspections in accordance with subsection (c) of section 20-493b;(3) Have passed an oral, written or electronic competency examination administered by the department; and(4) Paid a fee of two hundred dollars.(b) During the first three hundred sixty-five days following July 1, 2001, the board shall issue to an individual, upon application, a home inspector license, provided the applicant meets the requirements of subdivisions (1), (3) and (4) of subsection (a) of this section and provided further, the individual:(1) Became engaged in the practice of home inspections for compensation prior to July 1, 2000; and(2) Has performed not less than eighty home inspections for compensation prior to July 1, 2001.(P.A. 99-254, S. 7, 8, 18; P.A. 01-116, S. 1, 3; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9, S. 30, 131.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-116 amended Subsec. (a)(2) by eliminating requirements that applicants engage as an intern for not less than one year and perform not less than 200 inspections or complete an approved training program, and amended Subsec. (b) by extending grandfather clause from July 1, 2000, to July 1, 2001, by adding reference to Subsec. (a)(3), by eliminating requirement that inspectors engage in practice for not less than two years and by reducing number of home inspections from 160 to 80, effective July 1, 2001; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 01-9 amended Subsec. (a)(2) to provide that 100 home inspections must be performed in accordance with Sec. 20-493b(c), rather than under the direct supervision and in the presence of a license home inspector, effective July 1, 2001.
CT Gen Stat § 20-492c (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-492c - Licensure of out-of-state licensees. Fee.

 Upon payment to the department of a fee in the amount of one hundred dollars and the submission of a written application provided by the department, the department shall issue a home inspector license to any person who holds a valid license issued by another state with standards substantially equivalent to or exceeding the standards of this state, as determined by the department.(P.A. 99-254, S. 9, 18.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 20-492d (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-492d - List of licensed home inspectors.

 The Commissioner of Consumer Protection or his or her duly authorized agent shall publish and maintain a list of all home inspectors licensed pursuant to this chapter on the Department of Consumer Protection's Internet web site. Such list shall be updated by the commissioner, or his or her agent, on an annual basis.(P.A. 19-183, S. 1.)
CT Gen Stat § 20-493 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-493 - Application for home inspector intern permit. Fee.

 (a) Any person seeking a permit as a home inspector intern shall apply to the board, in writing, on forms that the department shall provide stating: (1) Such person's name and residence address; (2) the name of a licensed home inspector who has agreed to supervise the applicant; and (3) such other information as the department may require by regulations adopted in accordance with section 20-491.(b) Each application for a home inspector permit shall be accompanied by a fee of twenty dollars. All such fees shall be paid to the department.(P.A. 99-254, S. 10, 18.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 20-493a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-493a - Issuance of intern permit. Holder to exhibit, when. Permit not transferable. Expiration. Renewal. Register of home inspector interns.

 (a) The department shall issue to each applicant who meets the eligibility requirements set forth in section 20-493b and the regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 20-491 a home inspector intern permit indicating that the holder is entitled to engage in home inspection under the supervision of a licensed home inspector, and the holder of such permit shall carry it upon such holder's person while engaging in such work. Such permit shall state that it must be shown to any properly interested person on request. No permit shall be transferred to or used by any person other than the person to whom the permit was issued.(b) All permits issued under the provisions of this section shall expire biennially and may be renewed upon application and payment to the department of an application fee in the amount of two hundred dollars.(c) The department shall keep a register containing the names of all persons to whom such permits are issued which shall be open to public inspection.(P.A. 99-254, S. 11, 18; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3, S. 268.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 09-3 amended Subsec. (b) to increase fee from $100 to $200.
CT Gen Stat § 20-493b (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-493b - Home inspector interns: Qualifications for permit; training program; supervision by licensed home inspector.

 (a) To be eligible for a home inspector intern permit, an applicant shall:(1) Have successfully completed high school or its equivalent;(2) Have enrolled in and completed a board-approved training program that meets the requirements of regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 20-491;(3) Have an identified supervisor who (A) is licensed as a home inspector under section 20-492a or subsection (b) of section 20-492b, (B) is in good standing with the state as a home inspector, and (C) has agreed to perform supervisory functions as described in subsection (c) of this section; and(4) Have paid a fee in the amount of one hundred dollars.(b) Upon completion of a board-approved training program that meets the requirements of the regulations adopted by the commissioner pursuant to section 20-491, the home inspector intern may take the home inspector licensure examination administered under section 20-491a. If such intern does not pass such licensure examination, such intern may take up to two additional examinations during the one-year period commencing on the date of the applicant's first examination application. If the applicant does not pass a third examination the applicant may not be examined again until one year after the date of such third examination.(c) A home inspector intern shall perform functions of a home inspector only under the supervision of a licensed home inspector and in accordance with rules and regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of section 20-491. Such supervision shall be direct supervision for a minimum of the first ten inspections, and then may be indirect for the remaining training period. For the purpose of this section, “direct supervision” means the supervisor shall be present at the site of a home inspection where the home inspector intern is assigned one hundred per cent of the time and such supervisor shall countersign all documents prepared and completed by the home inspector intern.(d) The licensed home inspector supervising the home inspector intern shall be responsible for all inspections done by the home inspector intern under the licensed home inspector's charge.(P.A. 99-254, S. 12, 18.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 20-494 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-494 - Disciplinary action. Discontinuance, suspension or rescission of disciplinary action.

 (a) The board may, by majority vote of the entire board and upon a finding of any cause specified in subsection (c) of section 21a-9:(1) Revoke, suspend or refuse to issue a home inspector license or home inspector intern permit;(2) Issue a letter of reprimand to a home inspector and send a copy of such letter to a complainant or to a state or local official;(3) Place a home inspector on probationary status and require the home inspector to report regularly to the board on the matter that is the basis for probation;(4) Limit the home inspector's practice to areas prescribed by the board; or(5) Order a home inspector to continue or renew the home inspector's education until the home inspector has attained a satisfactory level of competence in any area that is the basis for probation.(b) By majority vote of the entire board and upon a finding that a person applying for or renewing a home inspector license or home inspector intern permit is subject to the registration requirements of chapter 969, the board may refuse to issue or renew the home inspector license or home inspector intern permit.(c) The board may discontinue, suspend or rescind any action taken under subsection (a) or (b) of this section. Any such action taken by the board under subsection (a) or (b) of this section that is adverse to a party shall be a proposed final decision and submitted to the commissioner in accordance with the provisions of subsection (b) of section 21a-7.(P.A. 99-254, S. 13, 18; P.A. 01-155, S. 4; P.A. 16-185, S. 40.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 01-155 added new Subsec. (b) re refusal of license or permit for any person subject to registration under chapter 969, redesignated existing Subsec. (b) as Subsec. (c) and made conforming changes therein; P.A. 16-185 amended Subsec. (c) to add provision re action by board that is adverse to party to be proposed final decision and submitted to commissioner, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 20-494a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-494a - Fines. Civil penalties.

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in sections 20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive, any person who (1) conducts home inspection without having first obtained the license or permit required by said sections, (2) employs or supplies for employment a person who does not have a license or permit to conduct home inspection, (3) falsely pretends to qualify to conduct home inspection, (4) engages in or practices any of the work for which a license or permit is required by said sections after the expiration of such license or permit, or (5) violates any other provision of said sections, unless the penalty is otherwise specifically prescribed, shall be fined not more than two hundred dollars for each such violation.(b) The board may, after notice and hearing and with the consent of the Commissioner of Consumer Protection, impose a civil penalty on any person who (1) engages in or practices the work for which a license or permit is required by sections 20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive, without having first obtained such a license or permit, (2) employs or supplies for employment a person who does not have such a license or permit, (3) falsely pretends to qualify to engage in or practice such work, (4) engages in or practices any of the work for which a license or permit is required by said sections after the expiration of such person's license or permit, or (5) violates any of the provisions of said sections or the regulations adopted pursuant to said sections. Such penalty shall not exceed five thousand dollars for each violation, except that any individual employed as a home inspector intern but improperly registered shall not be penalized for a first offense.(P.A. 99-254, S. 14, 18; P.A. 16-185, S. 41.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000; P.A. 16-185 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re consent of Commissioner of Consumer Protection in provision re board's authority to impose civil penalty, effective July 1, 2016.
CT Gen Stat § 20-495 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-495 - Hearings.

 The board may hold hearings on any matter under the provisions of sections 20-490 to 20-495a, inclusive. Such hearings shall be conducted in accordance with the regulations adopted by the commissioner in accordance with section 20-491.(P.A. 99-254, S. 15, 18.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 20-495a (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400f - Home Inspectors|Section 20-495a - Appeals.

 Any person aggrieved by an order or decision of the board may appeal from such order or decision in accordance with the provisions of section 4-183.(P.A. 99-254, S. 16, 18.)History: P.A. 99-254 effective July 1, 2000.
CT Gen Stat § 20-501 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies|Section 20-501 - Certification or provisional license requirement.

 No person shall act as a real estate appraiser or provisional appraiser or engage in the real estate appraisal business without the appropriate certification or provisional license issued by the commission, unless exempted by the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive.(P.A. 93-354, S. 26, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 00-192, S. 55, 102; P.A. 01-100, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 2.)History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (a) to replace reference to “tenured license” with reference to “limited license”, and replaced former Subsec. (b) which had authorized partnerships, associations or corporation to be granted certification or license to engage in real estate appraisal business with new Subsec. (b) re limited appraiser licenses, effective May 26, 2000; P.A. 01-100 amended Subsec. (b) to add provision re notwithstanding any provision of chapter and make technical change, and added Subsec. (c) re expiration, issuance and renewal of licenses for licensed appraisers; P.A. 14-52 deleted Subsec. (a) designator and references to license and limited license, and deleted former Subsecs. (b) and (c) re appraisal performed in connection with federally related transaction and re license and renewal expiration, effective July 1, 2014.Section is a licensing statute and does not preclude witness from testifying as to his opinion of the diminution in value of plaintiff's property where trial court found that witness's education, training and experience qualified him to testify as an expert and defendant pointed to no evidence showing that witness was engaged in the business of real estate appraising. 49 CA 781.
CT Gen Stat § 20-502 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies|Section 20-502 - Real Estate Appraisal Commission.

 (a) There is created in the Department of Consumer Protection the Connecticut Real Estate Appraisal Commission.(b) The commission shall consist of eight persons, electors of the state, appointed by the Governor. Five of the members shall be certified appraisers. Three of the members shall be public members. Not more than a bare majority of the commission shall be members of the same political party and there shall be at least one member from each congressional district.(c) The members of the commission shall serve until the expiration of the term for which they were appointed and until their successors have qualified. Members shall not be compensated for their services but shall be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties. The Governor may remove any commissioner for cause upon notice and an opportunity to be heard. Upon the death, resignation or removal of a member, the Governor shall appoint a successor to serve for the unexpired portion of the vacated term and until such successor's successor is appointed and qualifies. Each member shall, before entering upon such member's duties, take and file with the commission, an oath faithfully to perform the duties of such member's office.(P.A. 93-354, S. 27, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 68; P.A. 00-192, S. 56, 102; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1.)History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made a technical change in Subsec. (b); P.A. 00-192 made technical changes for the purposes of gender neutrality, effective May 26, 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.See Sec. 4-9a for definition of “public member”.
CT Gen Stat § 20-504 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies|Section 20-504 - Regulations.

 The Commissioner of Consumer Protection, with advice and assistance from the commission, may adopt such reasonable regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, as the commissioner deems necessary to carry out the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive. Such regulations shall, at a minimum, address appraiser qualifications, continuing education, discipline, appraiser certification, provisional licensing and applications for and renewals of such certifications and licenses, and shall require any appraiser to comply with generally accepted standards of professional appraisal practice as described in the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice issued by the Appraisal Standards Board of the Appraisal Foundation pursuant to Title XI of FIRREA. The regulations shall further require any appraiser who wishes to enter in or upon any premises not the subject of appraisal for purposes of estimating the value of comparable real estate to (1) obtain the permission of the owner or occupant of the premises, and (2) identify himself or herself as an appraiser.(P.A. 93-354, S. 29, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 69; P.A. 00-192, S. 58, 102; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(c); P.A. 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 14-52, S. 4.)History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made a technical change; P.A. 00-192 replaced reference to “tenured licensing” with reference to “limited licensing”, added provisions requiring limited appraiser to state, in any written statement, the limited appraiser's inability to perform federally related transactions and made technical changes, effective May 26, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 replaced Commissioner of Consumer Protection with Commissioner 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; P.A. 14-52 changed “real estate appraiser” to “appraiser”, deleted reference to limited licensing, added “provisional” re licensing, deleted former Subdiv. (2) re limited appraiser statement as to not performing appraisal in connection with federally related transaction, and made technical changes, effective July 1, 2014.
CT Gen Stat § 20-505 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies|Section 20-505 - Bond for the chairperson.

 The chairperson of the commission shall be bonded under the provisions of section 4-20, in such sum as the State Insurance and Risk Management Board may prescribe, with the condition that the chairperson faithfully perform the duties of the office and account for all funds received pursuant to the office.(P.A. 93-354, S. 30, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 98-10, S. 70; P.A. 99-51, S. 8, 9; 99-145, S. 21, 23; P.A. 00-192, S. 59, 102.)History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 98-10 made technical changes; P.A. 99-51 substituted “State Insurance and Risk Management Board” for “State Insurance Purchasing Board”, substituted “chairperson” for “chairman” and substituted “the office” for “his office” and “such office”, effective May 27, 1999; P.A. 99-145 substituted “State Insurance and Risk Management Board” for “State Insurance Purchasing Board”, effective June 8, 1999; P.A. 00-192 contained section but made no change.
CT Gen Stat § 20-506 (2020)
2020 Connecticut General Statutes|Title 20 - Professional and Occupational Licensing, Certification, Title Protection and Registration. Examining Boards|Chapter 400g - Real Estate Appraisers and Appraisal Management Companies|Section 20-506 - Deposit of fees.

 The commission shall deposit all moneys received by it from fees in accordance with the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, with the State Treasurer, and, unless otherwise provided by said sections, they shall become part of the General Fund.(P.A. 93-354, S. 31, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42.)History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section.