HB5326 HFAT Fast 2-14

Morgan 3345

Delegate Fast moved to amend the bill by striking out the title and substituting therefor a new title, to read as follows:

H. B. 5326 -- “A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new article, designated §30-38B-1, §30-38B-2, §30-38B-3, §30-38B-4, §30-38B-5, §30-38B-6, §30-38B-7, and §30-38B-8, all relating to providing for the prohibition of real estate service agreements that are unfair to an owner of residential real estate; prohibiting the recording of such agreements so that the public records will not be clouded by them; providing that recording, causing to be recorded, an unfair real estate service agreements is a misdemeanor and creates penalties of  confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 6 months and fined $25,000; providing an exception to the misdemeanor offense for employees of the county commissioners, employees of the county commission, county clerk, deputy county clerk, and employees of the county clerk acting within the scope of their employment; and providing for remedies.”;

Adopted

Rejected