HLS 10RS-1303 ORIGINAL
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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 614
BY REPRESENTATIVE PONTI
REAL ESTATE: Prohibits a home inspector from also providing services as a real estate
agent in the same transaction
AN ACT1
To enact R.S. 37:1490, relative to home inspections; to prohibit the performance of both2
home inspection services and real estate professional services by the same person in3
a transaction; and to provide for related matters.4
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5
Section 1. R.S. 37:1490 is hereby enacted to read as follows: 6
ยง1490. Home inspection and professional services as a real estate licensee7
prohibited in the same transaction8
No person licensed pursuant to the Louisiana Home Inspectors Licensing9
Law, R.S. 37:1471 et seq., shall engage in or be financially compensated for any10
home inspection in a transaction in which that person received a fee, commission,11
or other valuable consideration while acting as a licensee under the Louisiana Real12
Estate License Law, R.S. 37:1430 et seq., in connection with the same transaction.13 HLS 10RS-1303 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 614
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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)]
Ponti HB No. 614
Abstract: Prohibits a home inspector from also providing services as a real estate agent in
the same transaction.
Proposed law provides that no person acting as a licensed home inspector shall engage in or
be financially compensated for any home inspection in a transaction in which that person
received a fee, commission, or other valuable consideration while acting as a licensed real
estate professional in connection with the same transaction.
(Adds R.S. 37:1490)