HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4244

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, November 10, 2021.

The committee on Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure to whom was referred the petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 433) of Paul McMurtry relative to home inspectors, reports recommending that the accompanying bill (House, No. 4244) ought to pass.

For the committee,

TACKEY CHAN.

        FILED ON: 11/4/2021

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4244

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Ninety-Second General Court
(2021-2022)

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An Act relative to home inspectors.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1.  Chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2018 Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after section 224, the following new section:-

Section 224A.  By written agreement, any home inspector, associate home inspector, or trainee home inspector licensed or in training pursuant to this chapter, affiliated with and performing inspections for a home inspector or a home inspection company as an independent contractor, and paid on a commission only basis, shall not be considered an employee of the affiliated home inspector or home inspection company pursuant to section 148B of chapter 149  or any other statute.