                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

FAIR HOUSING BOARD; MEMBERSHIP; TERMS; CHAIRMAN; POWERS AND DUTIES (§
54.1-2344)

A. The Fair Housing Board shall be composed of 12 members, to be appointed by
the Governor, as follows: one representative of local government, one architect
licensed in accordance with Chapter 4 (&#xA7; 54.1-400 et seq.) of this title,
one representative of the mortgage lending industry, one representative of the
property and casualty insurance industry, two representatives of the residential
property management industry not licensed in accordance with Chapter 21 (&#xA7;
54.1-2100 et seq.) of this title, at least one of whom is a member of a property
owners&#8217; association or condominium unit owners&#8217; association, one
contractor licensed in accordance with Chapter 11 (&#xA7; 54.1-1100 et seq.) of
this title, one representative of the disability community, one representative
of the residential land lease industry subject to the Manufactured Home Lot
Rental Act (&#xA7; 55.1-1300 et seq.), and three citizen members selected in
accordance with &#xA7; 54.1-107. All terms of Board members shall be for terms
of four years.

B. The Board shall elect a chairman from its membership.

C. The Board shall adopt a seal by which it shall authenticate its proceedings.

D. The Board shall be responsible for the administration and enforcement of the
Fair Housing Law. However, the Board shall have no authority with respect to any
of the following respondents who have allegedly violated, or who have in fact
violated, the Fair Housing Law: (i) a real estate broker, real estate
salesperson, real estate brokerage firm licensed in accordance with Chapter 21
(&#xA7; 54.1-2100 et seq.), or their agents or employees or (ii) a property
owner or his agent or principal, who has engaged a real estate licensee to
perform real estate activities within the purview of Chapter 21 (&#xA7;
54.1-2100 et seq.), which licensee has also been charged with a violation of the
Fair Housing Law in the same case. In no event shall the jurisdiction be split
between the Real Estate Board and the Board on the same such case.
			The Board shall have the power and duty to establish, by regulation, an
education-based certification or registration program for persons subject to the
Fair Housing Law who are involved in the business or activity of selling or
renting dwellings. The Board shall also establish, by regulation, educational
materials on the Fair Housing Law and require a signed affidavit from persons in
the business or activity of selling or renting dwellings, that they have read
and understood the provided materials. The Board shall have the authority to
approve training courses and instructors in furtherance of the provisions of
this chapter.
			No education-based program established by the Board shall require Board
certification or registration where an individual holds a valid license issued
by the Real Estate Board. Any courses approved by the Real Estate Board to meet
the fair housing requirement of &#xA7; 54.1-2105.03 and the instructors approved
by the Real Estate Board to teach continuing education courses in accordance
with &#xA7; 54.1-2105.02 shall not require additional approval by the Fair
Housing Board to meet any education requirements in this section and in the
regulations of the Fair Housing Board.

HISTORY: 2003, c. 575; 2007, cc. 809, 874; 2010, cc. 91, 457, 620; 2013, c. 190.