| (a) Each real estate license expires on the date shown on the face of the license certificate issued to the licensee. The licensee has the responsibility to apply for renewal of a license by making proper application, paying the fee set by the commission and completing mandatory continuing education (MCE) courses within the time periods required by the Act, §1101.455. (b) Except as authorized by §535.92 of this chapter, for the renewal of a license on active status that is not subject to the annual education requirements of §1101.454 of the Act, the license holder must attend during the term of the current license, at least two Commission developed legal courses consisting of a three-hour legal update course and a three-hour legal ethics course to comply with the six legal hours of mandatory continuing education required by §1101.455 of the Act. The remaining nine hours required by §1101.455 of the Act may consist of elective credit courses registered with the commission under subchapter G of this chapter. (c) The commission shall mail a renewal notice for an active broker or an inactive licensee to the last known permanent mailing address of the broker or licensee as shown in the commission's computerized records. The commission shall mail a renewal notice for an active salesperson to the permanent mailing address of the salesperson's sponsoring broker. The commission shall mail the notice three months before the expiration of the current license. Each licensee shall furnish a permanent mailing address to the commission and report all subsequent address changes within 10 days after a change of address. If a licensee fails to provide a permanent mailing address, the last known mailing address provided by the licensee will be deemed to be the licensee's permanent mailing address. Failure to receive a license renewal notice does not relieve a licensee of the obligation to renew a license. A licensee shall provide information requested by the commission in connection with an application to renew a license within 30 days after the commission requests the information. Failure to provide information requested by the commission in connection with a renewal application within the required time is grounds for disciplinary action under the Act, §1101.656. |
| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.91 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective July 20, 1981, 6 TexReg 2291; amended to be effective June 1, 1990, 15 TexReg 876; amended to be effective August 19, 1991, 16 TexReg 4284; amended to be effective July 18, 1994, 19 TexReg 5089; amended to be effective July 16, 1996, 21 TexReg 6235; amended to be effective September 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 6507; amended to be effective October 4, 2001, 26 TexReg 7541; amended to be effective January 1, 2004, 28 TexReg 9544; amended to be effective September 1, 2004, 29 TexReg 8293; amended to be effective July 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 4197; amended to be effective December 30, 2007, 32 TexReg 9994 |
