SB229 Alabama 2018 Session

Under existing law, home inspectors and exterior insulation and finish systems (EIFS) inspectors are licensed by the Division of Construction Management within the Department of Finance

This bill would establish the Alabama Home Inspectors Licensure Board to license and regulate the practice of home inspections and EIFS inspections

This bill would provide for the composition of the board members and functions of the board

This bill would specify requirements for the licensing of home inspectors and EIFS inspectors

This bill would provide for licensing fees and penalties for violations

Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended, prohibits a general law whose purpose or effect would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds from becoming effective with regard to a local governmental entity without enactment by a 2/3 vote unless: it comes within one of a number of specified exceptions; it is approved by the affected entity; or the Legislature appropriates funds, or provides a local source of revenue, to the entity for the purpose

The purpose or effect of this bill would be to require a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of the amendment. However, the bill does not require approval of a local governmental entity or enactment by a 2/3 vote to become effective because it comes within one of the specified exceptions contained in the amendment

Relating to home inspectors; to add a new Chapter 14D, commencing with Section 34-14D-1 to Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975; to establish the Alabama Home Inspectors Licensure Board to license and regulate the practice of home inspections and exterior insulation and finish systems inspections; to provide for the composition of the board members and functions of the board; to specify requirements for the licensing of home inspectors and exterior insulation and finish systems inspectors; to provide for licensing fees and penalties for violations; to repeal Chapter 14B of Title 34, Code of Alabama 1975, which provides for the licensure of home inspectors by the Division of Construction Management within the Department of Finance; and in connection therewith would have as its purpose or effect the requirement of a new or increased expenditure of local funds within the meaning of Amendment 621 of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, now appearing as Section 111.05 of the Official Recompilation of the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, as amended.