HOUSE  .  .   .   .   .   .   .  No. 4766

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, December 15, 2016.                         

The committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the Senate Bill providing consumers with equal protection for all real estate appraisals (Senate, No. 2377), reports recommending that the same ought to pass with an amendment striking all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the text contained in House document numbered 4766.

For the committee,

BRIAN S. DEMPSEY.

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4766

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the One Hundred and Eighty-Ninth General Court
(2015-2016)

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      By striking out all after the enacting clause and inserting in place thereof the following:—

SECTION 1. Subdivision A of section 174 of chapter 112 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2014 Official Edition, is hereby amended by striking out the second sentence and inserting in place thereof the following sentence:- Except as provided in subdivision B, a person who has not obtained a real estate appraisal license or certification under this chapter shall not prepare, for a fee or other consideration, an appraisal or appraisal report relating to real estate or real property in the commonwealth.

SECTION 2. Said section 174 of said chapter 112, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out subdivision C.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect on March 1, 2017.