Senate Bill 3017

AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-59-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO DELETE THE EXCLUSIVITY OF THE JURISDICTION OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE ON RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS AND REMODELERS IN CONDUCTING HEARINGS REGARDING RESIDENTIAL BUILDERS AND REMODELERS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:

SECTION 1. Section 73-59-21, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:

73-59-21. (1) There is hereby created the Standing Committee on Residential Builders and Remodelers which shall be subordinate to the State Board of Contractors as set forth in Section 31-3-3. The standing committee shall be composed of the two (2) residential builders who serve as members of the State Board of Contractors and three (3) additional residential builders as defined in Section 73-59-1 to be appointed by the Governor. The terms of the ex officio members shall be concurrent with their terms as members of the State Board of Contractors. The initial terms of the three (3) additional residential builders on the Standing Committee on Residential Builders and Remodelers shall be one (1), three (3) and five (5) years, respectively, beginning July 1, 2000. Upon the expiration of the initial term of any member not serving ex officio, his or her successor shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years.

(2) The Governor shall appoint one (1) of the two (2) ex officio members as Chairman of the Standing Committee on Residential Builders and Remodelers. The Executive Secretary of the State Board of Contractors as set forth in Section 31-3-11 shall serve as secretary of the standing committee. The standing committee shall meet no less than once per quarter of each year at a date and time to be set by its chairman upon at least five (5) business days' notice by regular mail. The members of the standing committee shall be entitled to receive a per diem as provided in Section 31-3-9.

(3) Three (3) members of the Standing Committee on Residential Builders and Remodelers shall constitute a quorum and a majority vote of those present and voting at any meeting shall be necessary to transact business.

(4) The Standing Committee on Residential Builders and Remodelers shall have the power to make recommendations to the State Board of Contractors pertaining to all duties set forth in Sections 73-59-11 and 73-59-13. The standing committee shall have only the power to make recommendations to the State Board of Contractors and the State Board of Contractors shall have the power and authority to accept or reject any recommendation made by the standing committee. The Standing Committee on Residential Builders and Remodelers shall have the authority to conduct hearings regarding residential builders and remodelers * * *.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after July 1, 2002.