Bill Text: GA HB1048 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Conveyances; structures require certified termite and wood-destroying organism inspection; provide

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-03-11 - House Committee Favorably Reported [HB1048 Detail]

Download: Georgia-2009-HB1048-Comm_Sub.html

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10 LC 14 0299S

The House Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs offers the following

substitute to HB 1048:

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT

To amend Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conveyances, so as to provide that each conveyance of real property on which is located a residential structure shall require a certification that such structure has been inspected for termites and other wood-destroying organisms; to provide for waivers; to provide for delivery; to provide for exceptions; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other purposes.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:

SECTION 1.

Article 2 of Chapter 5 of Title 44 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to conveyances, is amended by adding a new Code section to read as follows:

"44-5-49.

(a) Prior to the delivery of a deed conveying an interest in real property on which is situated a single family residence, the transferor shall deliver to the transferee a certification by a person employed by a licensee under Chapter 45 of Title 43 that such structure has been inspected for termites and other wood-destroying organisms and stating the results of such inspection.

(b) This Code section shall not apply to a conveyance in which the purchaser has at or before the closing executed a written waiver of the receipt of the certification."

SECTION 2.

All laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.