The Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists proposes an amendment to §473.2, Examination Fees. The proposed amendment is necessary to reflect the increased cost of administering the Jurisprudence Examination in an online format through a third-party vendor.

Darrel D. Spinks, Executive Director, has determined that for the first five-year period the proposed amendment will be in effect, there will be no fiscal implications for state or local governments as a result of enforcing or administering the rule.

Mr. Spinks has also determined that for each year of the first five years the rule is in effect, the public benefit anticipated as a result of enforcing the rule will be to help the Board protect the public and facilitate greater access to the Board's Jurisprudence Examination. As a result of this rule change, there will be an increase of $24 for each individual taking the Board's Jurisprudence Examination. There will be no negative effect on small businesses or local economies.

Comments on the proposed amendment may be submitted to Brenda Skiff, Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists, 333 Guadalupe, Suite 2-450, Austin, Texas 78701, (512) 305-7700 or email brenda@tsbep.state.tx.us within 30 days of publication of this proposal in the Texas Register.

The amendment is proposed under Texas Occupations Code, Title 3, Subtitle I, Chapter 501, which provides the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists with the authority to make all rules, not inconsistent with the Constitution and Laws of this State, which are reasonably necessary for the proper performance of its duties and regulations of proceedings before it.

No other code, articles or statutes are affected by this section.