| (a) Fees for the issuance of a license due to a change of address, additional place of business or change of sponsoring broker are due when requests for such licenses are received. A change of address or name submitted with an application to renew a license, however, does not require payment of a fee in addition to the fee for renewing the license. If the commission receives a request for issuance of a license certificate which requires payment of a fee, and appropriate fee was not filed with the request, the commission shall return the request and notify the person filing the request that the person must pay the fee before the certificate will be issued. The commission may require written proof of a licensee's right to use a different name prior to issuing a license certificate reflecting a change of name. As used in this section, the term "license" includes a certificate of registration. (b) The commission shall charge and collect the following fees: (1) a fee of $105 for the filing of an original application for a real estate broker license, which includes a fee for transcript evaluation; (2) a fee of $34 for annual renewal of a real estate broker license; (3) a fee of $105 for the filing of an original application for a real estate salesperson license, which includes a fee for transcript evaluation; (4) a fee of $34 for annual renewal of a real estate salesperson license; (5) a fee of $61 for taking a license examination; (6) a fee of $20 for filing a request for a license for each additional office or place of business; (7) a fee of $20 for filing a request for a license for a change of place of business change of name, return to active status or change of sponsoring broker; (8) a fee of $20 for filing a request to replace a license lost or destroyed; (9) a fee of $400 for filing an application for accreditation of an education program under Texas Occupations Code (the Act), §1101.301; (10) a fee of $200 a year for operation of a real estate education program under the Act, §1101.301; (11) a fee of $20 for preparing a license history; (12) a fee of $25 for the filing of an application for a moral character determination; (13) a fee of $25 for the filing of an instructor application; (14) a fee of $51 for the annual late renewal of a real estate salesperson or broker license for a person whose license has been expired 90 days or less; (15) a fee of $68 for the annual late renewal of a real estate salesperson or broker license for a person whose license has been expired more than 90 days but less than one year; (16) the fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check in connection with a license renewal; (17) a late reporting fee of $250 to reactivate a license under §535.92(f) of this chapter; and (18) a fee of $20 for filing any application, renewal, change request, or other record on paper that a person may otherwise file with the commission electronically by accessing the commission's web site, entering the required information online, and paying the appropriate fee. (c) Fees established by this section that are paid when an application is filed are not refundable once an application has been accepted for filing. |
| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.101 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective October 27, 1978, 3 TexReg 3654; amended to be effective November 14, 1979, 4 TexReg 4002; amended to be effective March 19, 1990, 15 TexReg 1235; amended to be effective August 31, 1992, 17 TexReg 5664; amended to be effective November 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 6215; amended to be effective September 1, 1995, 20 TexReg 6202; amended to be effective May 27, 1998, 23 TexReg 5436; amended to be effective October 11, 1999, 24 TexReg 8758; amended to be effective September 1, 2000, 25 TexReg 6509; amended to be effective October 15, 2001, 26 TexReg 8072; amended to be effective June24,2002,27TexReg5520;amendedto be effective January 1, 2004, 28 TexReg 9545; amended to be effective May 10, 2004, 29 TexReg 4486; amended to be effective August 31, 2004, 29 TexReg 8295; amended to be effective November 4, 2007, 32 TexReg 7690; amended to be effective June 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 4154; amended to be effective November 17, 2008, 33 TexReg 9239; amended to be effective November 1, 2009, 34 TexReg 6337; amended to be effective September 1, 2010, 35 TexReg 7799 |
