Sec. 20-503. Duties of the Real Estate Appraisal Commission.

(a) Within thirty days after the appointment of the members of the commission, the commission shall meet in the city of Hartford for the purpose of organizing by selecting such officers other than a chairman as the commission may deem necessary and appropriate. A majority of the members of the commission shall constitute a quorum for the exercise of the powers or authority conferred upon it.

(b) (1) The commission shall authorize the Department of Consumer Protection to issue certification and provisional licenses to real estate appraisers.

(2) The commission shall administer the provisions of sections 20-500 to 20-528, inclusive, as to certification, provisional licensing and issuance, renewal, suspension or revocation of certifications and provisional licenses concerning the real estate appraisal business.

(c) The commission shall be provided with the necessary office space in Hartford by the Commissioner of Administrative Services and the commission and all files, records and property of the commission shall at all times be and remain therein, except that inactive files shall be stored at a location designated by the commission.

(d) The commission shall hold meetings and hearings in Hartford, in space provided by the Commissioner of Administrative Services, or at such places outside of Hartford as shall be determined by the chairman of the commission. The commission shall meet at least once in each three months' period and may meet more often on call of its chairman. The chairman of the commission shall call a meeting of the commission whenever requested to do so by a majority of the members of the commission.

(e) The commission shall vote on all matters requiring a decision and votes shall be recorded in the commission's minutes.

(P.A. 93-354, S. 28, 54; P.A. 94-36, S. 41, 42; P.A. 00-192, S. 57, 102; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, S. 146(d); P.A. 04-169, S. 17; 04-189, S. 1; P.A. 11-51, S. 44; P.A. 14-52, S. 3.)

History: P.A. 93-354 effective in accordance with Sec. 20-528; P.A. 94-36 changed effective date of P.A. 93-354 but without affecting this section; P.A. 00-192 amended Subsec. (b) to replace references to “tenured licenses” with references to “limited licenses”, effective May 26, 2000; June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6 and P.A. 04-169 replaced Department of Consumer Protection with Department of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective July 1, 2004; P.A. 04-189 repealed Sec. 146 of June 30 Sp. Sess. P.A. 03-6, thereby reversing the merger of the Departments of Agriculture and Consumer Protection, effective June 1, 2004; pursuant to P.A. 11-51, “Commissioner of Public Works” was changed editorially by the Revisors to “Commissioner of Administrative Services” in Subsec. (c), effective July 1, 2011; P.A. 14-52 amended Subsec. (b) to delete references to licenses, licensing, limited licenses and limited licensing and to add reference to provisional licenses, effective July 1, 2014.