A. There is hereby established as an adjunct to the Department an independent Real Estate Appraiser Board which shall consist of seven (7) regular members and one ex officio member. The ex officio member shall be the Insurance Commissioner. The seven regular members shall be as follows: one from the commercial banking industry; one of whom shall be a layperson; one of whom shall be in the real estate sales industry; and four of whom shall be real estate appraisers with no nationally recognized real estate appraisal organization having more than two members on the Board.

B. The Governor shall appoint the members of the Real Estate Appraiser Board.

C. Each real estate appraiser member of the Board appointed after July 1, 1991, or within twenty-four (24) months of the effective date of this act, whichever occurs first, must be a state licensed, state certified residential or state certified general real estate appraiser.

D. The term of each member shall be five (5) years; except that of the members first appointed, two shall serve for one (1) year, two shall serve for two (2) years, one shall serve for three (3) years, one shall serve for four (4) years, and one shall serve for five (5) years.

E. Members of the Board shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of their successors. No person shall serve as a member of the Board for more than two consecutive terms. The Governor may remove a member for inefficiency, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office. The member shall be given notice and an opportunity to be heard prior to removal.

F. The Board shall meet at least once each calendar quarter to conduct its business. Written notice shall be given to each member of the time and place of each meeting of the Board at least ten (10) days before the scheduled date of the meetings.

G. The members of the Board shall elect a vice-chairperson from among the members to preside at Board meetings when the chairperson is absent.

H. A quorum of the Board shall be five members.

Added by Laws 1990, c. 327, § 6, emerg. eff. May 31, 1990. Amended by Laws 1991, c. 271, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Laws 1992, c. 132, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1992; Laws 1996, c. 318, § 8, eff. July 1, 1996; Laws 2001, c. 280, § 3, eff. July 1, 2001.