Pennsylvania Act 2020-87 — REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS CERTIFICATION ACT - STATE BOARD OF CERTIFIED REAL ESTATE APPRAISERS

Act text

Session of 2020

No. 2020-87

HB 1032

AN ACT

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

The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania hereby enacts as follows:

Section 1. Section 2 of the act of July 10, 1990 (P.L.404, No.98), known as the Real Estate Appraisers Certification Act, is amended by adding definitions to read:

Section 2. Definitions.

The following words and phrases when used in this act shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:

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"Certified Pennsylvania evaluator." A person who holds a current valid certificate issued under the act of April 16, 1992 (P.L.155, No.28), known as the Assessors Certification Act.

"Professional member." A certified Pennsylvania evaluator or a State-certified real estate appraiser.

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Section 2. Section 4(a) and (b) of the act are amended and the section is amended by adding a subsection to read:

Section 4. State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers.

(a) Creation.--There is hereby created the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers as a departmental administrative board in the Department of State. The board shall consist of the following members:

(1) The Secretary of the Commonwealth or a designee.

(2) The Attorney General or a designee.

(3) The Secretary of Banking or a designee.

(4) [Eight] Ten members who are citizens of the United States and who have been residents of this Commonwealth for a two-year period immediately prior to appointment[, two of whom shall be public members and six] . Six of [whom] the members shall be [persons who are] State-certified real estate appraisers[.] , two of the members shall be certified Pennsylvania evaluators and two of the members shall be public members. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the appointment of a professional member who is a certified Pennsylvania evaluator and also a State-certified real estate appraiser, except that the appointment shall specify in which capacity the member is being appointed.

(b) Term of office.--The professional and public members shall serve four-year terms, except as provided in subsection (c) or (c.1) , and shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of a majority of the members elected to the Senate.

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(c.1) Initial appointments of certified Pennsylvania evaluators.--Within 90 days of the effective date of this subsection, the Governor shall nominate one certified Pennsylvania evaluator to serve a two-year term and one certified Pennsylvania evaluator to serve a four-year term.

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Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.

APPROVED--The 29th day of October, A.D. 2020.

TOM WOLF