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 Oklahoma Statutes (Last Updated: September 18, 2014)
 Title 59. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS

  § 59-858-624. Committee of Home Inspector Examiners.  

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  • A.  There is hereby created the Committee of Home Inspector Examiners under the authority of the Construction Industries Board, which shall consist of seven (7) members who have been residents of this state for at least three (3) years prior to their appointment.  Each member shall be appointed by the Governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.  Appointments shall be made so that not more than two members shall, at the time an appointment is made, be residents of the same congressional district; provided, no member shall be removed from office due solely to a reduction in the number of congressional districts.

    B.  Of the seven members:

    1.  Four of the initial appointees shall hold memberships in a state or national housing inspection association or foundation.  After expiration of the terms of the initial appointees, four members shall be licensed home inspectors who are active full time in the practice of making home inspections, two or more of whom shall hold membership in an association that certifies home inspectors in this state;

    2.  One shall be a licensed real estate broker who is active full time in the real estate brokerage business;

    3.  One shall be a licensed real estate appraiser who is active full time in the real estate appraisal business; and

    4.  One shall be a lay person who is not involved in the property business, including, but not limited to, the leasing of commercial or residential property, and is not in the real estate business or home inspection business.

    C.  Initially, three members shall be appointed for a term to expire June 30, 2003; two members shall be appointed for a term to expire June 30, 2004; and two members shall be appointed for a term to expire June 30, 2005.  Thereafter, all terms shall be three-year terms ending June 30.

    D.  Members shall serve until their successors are appointed and qualified.  Vacancies shall be filled for the balance of an unexpired term by appointment of the Governor.  Members may be removed by the Governor for good cause.

    E.  Members shall elect officers annually.  The chair, or in the absence of the chair, the vice-chair, shall preside at all meetings of the Committee and shall perform such duties as the Committee shall prescribe.  The Committee shall meet at least semiannually, and special meetings may be called by the chair or the designee of the chair.  Four members shall constitute a quorum.

    F.  Members shall serve without compensation but shall be reimbursed in accordance with the State Travel Reimbursement Act.

    G.  Personnel and administrative support necessary for the Committee to exercise its powers and accomplish its duties shall be provided by the Construction Industries Board.

Added by Laws 2001, c. 423, § 4, eff. Nov. 1, 2001.  Amended by Laws 2007, c. 188, § 21, eff. Nov. 1, 2007; Laws 2008, c. 405, § 2, emerg. eff. June 3, 2008; Laws 2013, c. 43, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2013.