National Association of Certified Home Inspectors
[i] Pending Legislation
Session of 2005
HOUSE BILL No. 2269
By
Committee on Judiciary
2-2
AN
ACT concerning real property; relating to home inspections.
Be it enacted by
the Legislature of the State of
Section
1. (a) As used in this section:
(1)
‘‘Home inspection’’ means a noninvasive visual examination of the
mechanical,
electrical or plumbing systems or the structural and essential
components
of a residential dwelling or any portion thereof designed to
identify
material defects in those systems and components and performed
for
a fee in connection with or preparation for a proposed or possible
residential
real estate transfer. The term also includes any consultation
regarding
the property that is represented to be a home inspection or
that
is described by any similar term. The term does not include an examination
of
a single system or component of a residential dwelling such
as,
for example, its electrical or plumbing system or its roof. The term
also
does not include an examination that is limited to inspection for or
of
one or more of the following: Wood destroying insects, underground
tanks
and wells, septic systems, swimming pools and spas, alarm systems,
air
and water quality, tennis courts and playground equipment, pollutants,
toxic
chemicals and environmental hazards.
(2)
‘‘Home inspection report’’ means a written report on the results
of
a home inspection.
(3)
‘‘Home inspector’’ means an individual who performs a home
inspection.
(b)
Any clause or provision in an agreement or contract issued by a
home
inspector for a home inspection report which contains language
limiting
or disclaiming the home inspector’s liability as to any system or
component
of the residential dwelling covered by such report is hereby
declared
to be against public policy and void.
Sec.
2. This act shall take effect and be in force from and after its
publication
in the statute book.