Section 457.4 - State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers(a) Creation.--There is hereby created the State Board of Certified Real Estate Appraisers as a departmental administrative board in the Department of State. The board shall consist of the following members: (1) The Secretary of the Commonwealth or a designee.(2) The Attorney General or a designee.(3) The Secretary of Banking or a designee.(4) Ten members who are citizens of the United States and who have been residents of this Commonwealth for a two-year period immediately prior to appointment. Six of the members shall be State-certified real estate appraisers, two of the members shall be certified Pennsylvania evaluators and two of the members shall be public members. Nothing in this paragraph shall prohibit the appointment of a professional member who is a certified Pennsylvania evaluator and also a State-certified real estate appraiser, except that the appointment shall specify in which capacity the member is being appointed.(b) Term of office.--The professional and public members shall serve four-year terms, except as provided in subsection (c) or (c.1), and shall be appointed by the Governor by and with the advice and consent of a majority of the members elected to the Senate.(c) Initial appointments.--Within 90 days of the effective date of this act, the Governor shall nominate one professional member to serve a four-year term; one public member and one professional member to serve three-year terms; one public member and one professional member to serve two-year terms; and one professional member to serve a one-year term.(c.1) Initial appointments of certified Pennsylvania evaluators.--Within 90 days of the effective date of this subsection, the Governor shall nominate one certified Pennsylvania evaluator to serve a two-year term and one certified Pennsylvania evaluator to serve a four-year term.(d) Continuation in office.--Each professional and public member shall continue in office until a successor is duly appointed and qualified but no longer than six months after the expiration of the term. In the event that a board member shall die, resign or otherwise become disqualified during the term of office, a successor shall be appointed in the same way and with the same qualifications as set forth in this section and shall hold office for the unexpired portion of the unexpired term.(e) Limit on terms.--No board member shall be eligible for appointment to serve more than two consecutive four-year terms.(f) Forfeiture of membership.--A board member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings shall forfeit his or her seat unless the secretary, upon written request from the member, finds that the member should be excused from a meeting because of illness or the death of a family member.(g) Compensation.--Each member of the board, except the secretary, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Banking, shall receive per diem compensation at the rate of $60 per diem when actually attending to the work of the board. Members shall also receive reasonable traveling, hotel and other necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties in accordance with Commonwealth regulations.(h) Forfeiture for nonattendance.--A public member who fails to attend two consecutive statutorily mandated training seminars in accordance with section 813(e) of the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L. 177, No. 175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, shall forfeit his or her seat unless the secretary, upon written request from the public member, finds that the public member should be excused from a meeting because of illness or the death of a family member.(i) Quorum.--A majority of the members of the board serving in accordance with law shall constitute a quorum for purposes of conducting the business of the board. A member may not be counted as part of a quorum or vote on any issue unless he or she is physically in attendance at the meeting.(j) Meetings.--The board shall meet at least four times a year in Harrisburg.(k) Notice.--Reasonable notice of all meetings shall be given in conformity with the act of July 3, 1986 (P.L. 388, No. 84) , known as the Sunshine Act. (l) Operating procedures.--The board shall meet within 30 days after the appointment of its initial members and set up operating procedures and an application form for certifying appraisers. It shall be the responsibility of the board to circulate these forms and educate the public to the requirements of certification. No other board and no commission within the Bureau of Professional and Occupational Affairs shall be responsible, in any manner, for the policies, procedures or other substantive matters which are within the powers and duties of the board as set forth in this act.(m) Election of officers.--The board shall elect annually from its membership a chairman, a vice chairman and a secretary.Amended by P.L. TBD 2020 No. 87, § 2, eff. 12/28/2020.1990, July 10, P.L. 404, No. 98, § 4, imd. effective. Amended 2008, July 8, P.L. 833, No. 59, §2, effective in 60 days [ 9/8/2008].