(a)Education requirements.
(1)An applicant for a broker license must provide
the Commission with satisfactory evidence of completion of:
(A)270 hours of qualifying real estate courses as
required under §535.55, which must include the 30 hour qualifying
real estate brokerage course completed not more than two years before
the application date; and
(B)an additional 630 classroom hours of related
education from one or more of the following categories: [in
related qualifying courses in the subject areas defined under §535.64
or approved continuing education courses.]
(i)qualifying courses defined under §535.64;
(ii)Commission approved continuing
education courses; or
(iii)courses taken for credit from
an accredited college or university in any of the following areas:
accounting, advertising, architecture, business or management, construction,
finance, investments, law, marketing, and real estate.
(2)An applicant who has earned a bachelor's degree
or higher from an accredited college or university will be deemed
to have satisfied the related [qualifying] education requirements
for a broker license. A copy of the college transcript awarding the
degree must be submitted as evidence of completion of the degree.
(b) - (f)(No change.)
The
agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed
the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority
to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on May 4, 2017
TRD-201701812 Kerri Lewis
General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: June 18, 2017
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3092
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