KentucKy Real Estate InspectORS Association

ARTICLE II, MEMBERSHIP


2.1       Membership.  There shall be three classes of KREIA membership, as follows:

   2.1.1    Members.  KREIA Members are individuals,
                irrespective of whether they hold an active KBHI
                home inspector license, who

        (1) are licensed home inspectors in KY or other licensing
              states or practice home inspection as certified
              inspectors in states without licensing;

        (2) own home inspection companies;

        (3) manage or serve as executives in home inspection
              companies;

        (4) are honorary lifetime members;

        (5) have been recognized by the Board of Directors as
              Friends of KREIA;

        (6) are retired and inactive inspectors or former KREIA
              Inspectors; and

        (7) anyone else who may otherwise qualify under the
              Board’s direction and KREIA policy, including without
              limiting the generality of the foregoing, trial members,
              discounted members, ambassadors, delegates, and
              promotional members.

   2.1.2    KREIA Inspectors.  KREIA Inspectors are KREIA
               Members who hold active Kentucky Board of Home
                Inspectors (“KBHI”) licenses.

   2.1.3    KREIA Affiliates.  KREIA Affiliates are business
                entities that have contributed materially to the
                progress, growth and advancement of KREIA and
                met such other standards as the Board of Directors
                may establish from time to time.

2.2       Membership Benefits.  All KREIA members in good
            standing shall have full voting rights and be listed on the
             KREIA web site in their class.  All KREIA members are
             entitled to serve on the Board of Directors, subject to
             these By-laws, or any committee and receive such
             other benefits as may be enacted by the Board of
             Directors.

2.3       Application for Membership.  Any eligible person may
            make application for Membership at any time on the
            appropriate form as adopted by the Board of Directors.

2.4       Duration of Membership and Renewal.  All
            Memberships shall be for one calendar year from
            September 1 of each year.  Memberships are
            automatically renewed on September 1 of each year,
            and dues shall thereupon become due and owing,
            unless a member gives written notice by August 1 of
            that year that the member desires to resign the
            membership.

2.5       Dues.  Dues and application fees shall be established
            from time to time by the Board of Directors, but not later
            than July 1 to become effective the following
            September 1.  KREIA dues are payable annually on
            September 1 of each year.

   2.5.1    Refunds and Pro-Rating.  Dues shall be pro-rated on
                a monthly basis for new Members in their first year of
               membership and any difference between the dues
               received with the application and the amount due for
               that year shall be refundable or may be credited to that
               member’s account.  Application fees are not
               refundable.

   2.5.2    Waiver of Dues.  Membership dues shall be waived
                for all persons serving on the KREIA Board of
                Directors, the Immediate Past President, the
                chairman of the annual KREIA Convention, honorary
                lifetime members, and such other persons as the
                Board of Directors may designate from time to time.

   2.5.3    Delinquency.  If the dues or indebtedness to KREIA of
                any member are more than 60 days in arrears, after 
                notice to that member, the member no longer shall be 
                considered in good standing.