MISSISSIPPI LEGISLATURE
2003 Regular Session
To: Judiciary B
By: Representative Mayo
AN ACT TO AMEND SECTION 73-60-39, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, TO REVISE THE GRANDFATHER CLAUSE FOR HOME INSPECTORS; AND FOR RELATED PURPOSES.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI:
SECTION 1. Section 73-60-39, Mississippi Code of 1972, is amended as follows:
73-60-39. A person already engaged in the business of performing home inspections on July 1, 2001, is allowed until December 31, 2003, to comply with the provisions of this chapter for the purpose of qualifying to perform home inspections. Such person will qualify for a license without being required to take an examination if he can document to the satisfaction of the commission that he has conducted not less than twenty (20) fee-paid home inspections in the previous twenty-four (24) months or one hundred (100) fee-paid home inspections over his career or that he has received certification as a home inspector from a nationally recognized education center in a curriculum approved by the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development and the United States Department of Education.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage.