The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §533.4, Failure to Answer, Failure to Attend Hearing and Default, in Chapter 533, Practice and Procedure, without changes, as published in the March 2, 2018, issue of the Texas Register (43 TexReg 1227).

The amendments to §533.4 increase the time to respond to a Notice of Alleged Violation from 20 days to 30 days. The amendment is being made to conform this rule with §533.3, which the Commission amended in November 2017. The word "Administrator" was changed to "Executive Director" to conform to the current statutory language.

The reasoned justification for the amendments is greater clarity and consistency in the rules.

No comments were received on the amendments as published.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1101.151, which authorizes the Texas Real Estate Commission to adopt and enforce rules necessary to administer Chapters 1101 and 1102; and to establish standards of conduct and ethics for its license holders to fulfill the purposes of Chapters 1101 and 1102 and ensure compliance with Chapters 1101 and 1102.

The statutes affected by these amendments are Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1101. No other statute, code or article is affected by the amendments.