Req. No. 6106 Page 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 STATE OF OKLAHOMA 1st Session of the 58th Legislature (2021) HOUSE BILL 1624 By: Mize AS INTRODUCED An Act relating to property; enacting the Oklahoma Home Builders Best Practice Act of 2021; defining terms; requiring home builders to meet or contact homeowners upon receiving a written request; providing for codification; and providing an effective date. BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA: SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be cod ified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1201 of Title 60, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: This act shall be known and may be cited as the "Oklahoma Home Builders Best Practice Act of 2021". SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1202 of Title 60, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: As used in this act: 1. "Home builder" means anyone who contracts for and supe rvises construction of new residential houses ; and Req. No. 6106 Page 2 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 2. "Homeowner" means anyone who owns and purchased a residential house built by the home builder. SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1203 of Title 60, unless there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows: This act shall require all home builders to meet with or contact a homeowner within forty-eight (48) hours of receiving a written request from a homeowner requesting a meeting with the home builder. SECTION 4. This act shall become effective November 1, 2021. 58-1-6106 JL 12/17/20