Section 2. Sections 202(a) and (c) and 301 of the act, amended or added March 29, 1984 (P.L.162, No.32), are amended to read:
Section 202. State Real Estate Commission.
(a) The State Real Estate Commission is hereby created and shall consist of the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs; the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection, or his designee; three members who shall be persons representing the public at large; five other persons, each of whom shall at the time of his appointment be a licensed and qualified real estate broker under the existing law of this Commonwealth, and shall have been engaged in the real estate business in this Commonwealth for a period of not less than ten years immediately prior to his appointment; and one other person who shall have been licensed as a real estate broker, or [limited real estate] cemetery broker, for a period of at least five years and shall have been engaged in selling cemetery lots for at least ten years immediately prior to his appointment. Each of said members of the commission shall be appointed by the Governor.
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(c) [Six members of the commission] A majority of the members currently serving on the commission shall constitute a quorum. The commission shall elect a chairman, vice-chairman and secretary from among its members. A commission member who fails to attend three consecutive meetings shall forfeit his seat unless the Commissioner of Professional and Occupational Affairs, 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.
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Section 301. Unlawful to conduct business without license or registration certificate.
It shall be unlawful for any person, directly or indirectly, to engage in or conduct, or to advertise or hold himself out as engaging in or conducting the business, or acting in the capacity of a broker or salesperson, [limited] cemetery broker, [limited] cemetery salesperson, builder-owner salesperson, rental listing referral agent or cemetery company within this Commonwealth without first being licensed or registered as provided in this act, unless he is exempted from obtaining a license or registration certificate under the provisions of section 304.