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House Bill 2175 History
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H. B. 2175
(By Delegates Manypenny, Fleischauer and Stephens)
[Introduced February 13, 2013; referred to the
Committee on Energy, Industry and Labor, Economic
Development and Small Business then the Judiciary.]
A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by
adding thereto a new section, designated §21-11-20; and to
amend said code by adding thereto a new section, designated
§30-38-20; and to amend said code by adding thereto a new
section, designated §30-40-29, all relating to continuing
education; requiring certain licensees to take continuing
education in green building.
Be it enacted by the Legislature of West Virginia:
That the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, be amended
by adding thereto a new section, designated §21-11-20; that said
code be amended by adding thereto a new section, designated
§30-38-20; and that said code be amended by adding thereto a new
section, designated §30-40-29, all to read as follows:
CHAPTER 21. LABOR.
ARTICLE 11. WEST VIRGINIA CONTRACTOR LICENSING ACT.
§21-11-20. Required continuing education.
A licensee shall take a four-hour course concerning green or
energy efficient building, or both, in order to renew his or her
license.
CHAPTER 30. PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS.
ARTICLE 38. THE REAL ESTATE APPRAISER LICENSING AND CERTIFICATION
ACT.
§30-38-20. Required continuing education.
__________Four hours of a licensee's current continuing education
requirement shall inform a licensee on how to appraise green or
energy efficient real estate, or both.
ARTICLE 40. WEST VIRGINIA REAL ESTATE LICENSE ACT.
§30-40-29. Required continuing education.
__________Four hours of licensee current continuing education
requirement shall inform a licensee on green or energy efficient
homes, or both.
NOTE: The purpose of this bill is to require contractors, real
estate appraisers and real estate agents to take, as part of their
continuing education requirement, four hours concerning green
and/or energy efficient building.
These sections are new; therefore, they have been completely
underscored.