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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 1380
BY REPRESENTATIVE LEBAS
LICENSING: Provides for the delinquent renewal of a license issued by the State Board of
Home Inspectors
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 37:1479(B), relative to the Louisiana State Board of Home2
Inspectors; to establish penalties for home inspectors who fail to renew their license3
within the twelve-month period after expiration; to establish penalties for home4
inspectors who fail to renew their license within the thirty-six-month period5
following expiration; and to provide for related matters.6
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:7
Section 1. R.S. 37:1479(B) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง1479. License issuance and renewal; appearance on documents9
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B. Any licensee who fails to timely renew his license may thereafter renew11
by paying the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees, filing a renewal application,12
and completing all continuing education requirements accruing during the period of13
delinquency. The period for delinquent renewal of an expired license shall be14
limited to the twelve-month period immediately following the expiration date of the15
active license. Failure to renew an expired license during such twelve-month period16
shall result in forfeiture of renewal rights and shall require the former licensee to17
apply as an initial applicant and meet all requirements of an initial applicant. require18
the licensee to pass the board approved licensing examination in addition to paying19
the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees, filing a renewal application, and20 HLS 10RS-2665 ORIGINAL
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completing all continuing education requirements accruing during the period of1
delinquency. Failure to renew an expired license within the thirty-six-month period2
immediately following the expiration date of the active license shall, in addition to3
the above requirements, require the licensee to retake and pass ninety hours of4
classroom education as set forth in the rules and regulations of the board and to take5
a standards of practice and code of ethics report writing seminar offered by the board6
or an education provider approved by the board.7
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
LeBas HB No. 1380
Abstract: Establishes penalties for home inspectors who fail to renew their license within
the twelve-month or thirty-six-month period after expiration of the license.
Present law provides that any licensee who fails to timely renew his license may thereafter
renew, within the 12-month period immediately following the expiration date of the active
license, by paying the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees, filing a renewal application,
and completing all continuing education requirements accruing during the period of
delinquency.
Present law further provides that failure to renew an expired license during the 12-month
period shall result in forfeiture of renewal rights and shall require the former licensee to
apply as an initial applicant and meet all requirements of an initial applicant.
Proposed law provides that failure to renew an expired license during the 12-month period
shall require the licensee to pass the board approved licensing examination in addition to
paying the appropriate renewal and delinquent fees, filing a renewal application, and
completing all continuing education requirements accruing during the period of delinquency.
Proposed law further provides that failure to renew an expired license during the 36-month
period immediately following the expiration date of the active license shall also require the
licensee to retake and pass 90 hours of classroom education as set forth in the rules and
regulations of the La. State Board for Home Inspectors and to take a standards of practice
and code of ethics report writing seminar offered by the board or an education provider
approved by the board.
(Amends R.S. 37:1479(B))