The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts the repeal of 22 TAC §539.160, Copy of Residential Service Company Contract, 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 4252).

The repeal aligns the rules with statutory changes in HB 2279 adopted by the 85th Legislature to be effective January 1, 2018.

No comments were received on the repeal as published.

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

The repeal is 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 repeal is Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1303. No other statute, code or article is affected by the proposed repeal.