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Enabling Legislation: "H2174"

The enabling regulatory legislation that is the basis for the Regulation effective July 1, 2003 was a product of the combined work of the staff of The Department of Professional and Occupational Regulation (DPOR), VAREI leaders, and staff of the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR). In 2000, the VAR announced its intention of offering legislation in the 2001 session. Early in the legislative process, it was clear that some form of regulation was going to reach the floor of the legislature when DPOR proposed its own substitute for the VAR bill. In the following months VAREI leadership, supported by polls taken of the VAREI membership, participated in the drafting of House Bill 2174. The law provides for the inclusion of two home inspectors on the Asbestos and Lead Board (now the "AL&HI Board"), and a voluntary certification of inspectors based upon satisfaction of Board defined requirements for education, experience, examination, and the holding of general liability insurance.