The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §539.64, Mailing Address and Other Contact Information, and §539.65, Change in Company Ownership or Officers, in Chapter 539, Rules Relating to the Residential Service Company Act, without changes, as published in the August 25, 2017, issue of the Texas Register (42 TexReg 4248).

The amendments to §539.64 and §539.65 align the rules with statutory changes in HB 2279 adopted by the 85th Legislature to be effective January 1, 2018 and to increase comprehension.

No comments were received on the amendments as published.

The reasoned justification for the amendments is to align the rule with recent statutory changes.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1303.051, which authorizes the Texas Real Estate Commission to adopt and enforce rules necessary to administer Chapter 1303.

The statute affected by this amendment is Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1303. No other statute, code or article is affected by the amendments.