CHAPTER 98
SB 42 – FINAL VERSION
24Apr2013… 1254h
2013 SESSION
10/01
SENATE BILL 42
AN ACT relative to applications for licensure by the real estate appraisers board.
SPONSORS: Sen. D'Allesandro, Dist 20; Rep. P. Schmidt, Straf 19; Rep. Sytek, Rock 8
COMMITTEE: Executive Departments and Administration
This bill requires applicants for licensure by the real estate appraisers board to have a criminal history records check. The bill also provides for licensure by reciprocity for applicants who are in good standing in another state.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
24Apr2013… 1254h
13-0331
10/01
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Thirteen
AN ACT relative to applications for licensure by the real estate appraisers board.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
98:1 New Section; State Licensed or Certified Real Estate Appraisers; Criminal History Records Checks. Amend RSA 310-B by inserting after section 6 the following new section:
310-B:6-a Criminal History Record Checks.
I. Every applicant for initial licensure shall submit to the board a notarized criminal history record release form, as provided by the New Hampshire division of state police, department of safety, which authorizes the release of his or her criminal history record, if any, to the board.
II. The applicant shall submit with the release form a complete set of fingerprints taken by a qualified law enforcement agency or an authorized employee of the department of safety. The board shall submit the criminal history records release form and fingerprint form to the division of state police which shall conduct a criminal history records check through its records and through the Federal Bureau of Investigation. In the event that the first set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, a second set of fingerprints shall be necessary in order to complete the criminal history records check. If, after 2 attempts, a set of fingerprints is invalid due to insufficient pattern, the board may, in lieu of the criminal history records check, conduct the national background check based on personal information.
III. Upon completion of the records check, the division of state police shall release copies of the criminal history records to the board. The board shall maintain the confidentiality of all criminal history records information received pursuant to this section.
IV. The applicant shall bear the cost of a criminal history record check.
98:2 Reciprocity. RSA 310-B:12 is repealed and reenacted to read as follows:
310-B:12 Nonresident Licensure or Certification by Reciprocity. An applicant who is licensed or certified under the laws of another state and whose license or certificate is in good standing may obtain a license or certificate as a licensed or certified real estate appraiser in this state.
98:3 Effective Date. This act shall take effect upon its passage.
Approved: June 20, 2013
Effective Date: June 20, 2013