03/01/2005 09:00 AM Senate FINANCE

                                                                                                                                
     CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 47(FIN)                                                                                              
     "An  Act  extending  the  termination  date  of  the  Board  of                                                            
     Certified   Real  Estate  Appraisers;   and  relating   to  the                                                            
     requirements  for  membership on  the Board  of Certified  Real                                                            
     Estate Appraisers."                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
This was  the second  hearing for  this bill in  the Senate  Finance                                                            
Committee.                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  RALPH  SAMUELS, the  bill's  sponsor, characterized                                                             
this as  being "a straight  forward" bill.  He noted that a  revised                                                            
Department  of Commerce, Community  and Economic Development  fiscal                                                            
note has been provided.                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair Green  reminded the Committee that the original  Department                                                            
of Commerce, Community  and Economic Development fiscal note, Fiscal                                                            
Note #1 dated  January 20 2005, did not reflect the  FY 06 operating                                                            
expenses  associated  with  the legislation.  The  Department's  new                                                            
fiscal note, dated February  22, 2005, specifies that FY 06 expenses                                                            
would amount to $32,800.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Co-Chair  Wilken  moved  to  report the  bill  from  Committee  with                                                            
individual recommendations and accompanying fiscal notes.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
There  being  no  objection,  CS  HB  47  (FIN)  was  REPORTED  from                                                            
Committee  with new $32,800  Department of  Commerce, Community  and                                                            
Economic Development fiscal note, dated February 22, 2005.