| (a) The board shall charge and the commissioner shall collect the following fees: (1) an application or renewal fee for a general certification of $200, for residential certification of $150, or for licensing of $125; (2) an application or renewal fee for approval as an appraiser trainee of $75; (3) no fee is required for notifying the board of a change of office location; (4) a fee for nonresident appraiser registration of $150; (5) an annual federal registry fee of $25; (6) an application fee by reciprocity set at the amount of the fee charged in the appraiser's state of present licensure or certification; (7) a fee for providing each licensure history of $10; (8) a fee for an addition or termination of sponsorship of an appraiser trainee of $20; (9) a fee for replacing a lost or destroyed certificate of $15; (10) a fee for a returned check equal to that charged for a returned check by the Texas Real Estate Commission; (11) an on-line subscription renewal fee of $10 for certified appraisers for establishing and maintaining on-line renewals; (12) a fee for an extension of time to complete required continuing education of $200; (13) a fee to request a certificate or license be placed on inactive status of $50; and (14) a fee to request a return to active status of $50. (b) Fees must be submitted in U.S. currency or funds payable to the order of the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Fees are not refundable once an application has been accepted for filing. Persons who have submitted a check which has been returned, and who have not made good on that check within thirty days, for whatever reason, shall submit all future fees in the form of a cashier's check or money order. (c) Appraisers certified or licensed by the board shall pay an annual registry fee required under federal law. All registry fees collected by the board shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of a special fund to be known as the appraiser registry fund. The board shall send the fees to the council as required by federal law. |
| Source Note: The provisions of this §153.5 adopted to be effective March 2, 1992, 17 TexReg 1231; amended to be effective November 10, 1993, 18 TexReg 7542; amended to be effective July 21, 1994, 19 TexReg 5354; amended to be effective March 1, 1995, 19 TexReg 10357; amended to be effective March 1, 1997, 22 TexReg 1717; amended to be effective January 1, 1998, 22 TexReg 12050; amended to be effective April 1, 2001, 26 TexReg 2163; amended to be effective November 1, 2002, 27 TexReg 8477; amended to be effective October 16, 2003, 28 TexReg 8943 |
