| (a) Only a licensed broker may apply as sponsoring broker for licensure of a real estate salesperson. (b) Applications are returned to applicants or the sponsoring broker (in the case of an application for an active salesperson license) when it has been determined that the application is not acceptable because, on its face, it fails to comply with one of the following requirements, based upon the Real Estate License Act, §6 and §7. (1) the applicant is not 18 years of age; (2) the applicant does not meet any applicable residency requirement; (3) an incorrect filing fee or no filing fee is received; (4) the application is submitted in pencil; (5) the applicant is not a citizen of the United States or a lawfully admitted alien; (6) on broker applications, any requisite active experience is not established.
(c) An application is considered void and is subject to no further evaluation or processing when one of the following events occurs: (1) the applicant fails to satisfy an examination requirement within six months from the date the application is filed; (2) the applicant, having satisfied any examination requirement, fails to submit a required fee within 60 days after the commission makes written request for payment; (3) the applicant, having satisfied any examination requirement, fails to provide information or documentation within 60 days after the commission makes written request for correct or additional information or documentation. (d) The commission adopts by reference the following forms approved by the commission which are published by and available from the Texas Real Estate Commission, P.O. Box 12188, Austin, Texas 78711-2188: (1) Application for a Real Estate
Broker License, TREC Form BL-5; (2) Application for a Real Estate Broker License by a Corporation, TREC Form BLC-3; (3) Application for Late Renewal of A Real Estate Broker License, TREC Form BLR-5; (4) Application for Late Renewal of Real Estate Broker License Privileges by a Corporation, TREC Form BLRC-3; (5) Application for Real Estate Salesperson License, TREC Form SL-5; (6) Application for Late Renewal of Real Estate Salesperson License, TREC Form SLR-5; (7) Application for Moral Character Determination, TREC Form MCD-2; (8) Application for Real Estate Broker License by a Limited Liability Company, TREC Form BLLLC-3; (9) Application of Currently Licensed Real Estate Broker for Salesperson License, TREC Form BSL-2; and (10) Application for Late Renewal of a Real Estate Broker License by a Limited Liability
Company, TREC Form BLRLLC-2.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.51 adopted to be effective January 1, 1976; amended to be effective October 4, 1976, 1 TexReg 2614; amended to be effective November 8, 1977, 2 TexReg 4097; amended to be effective November 14, 1979, 4 TexReg 3999; amended to be effective June 18, 1991, 16 TexReg 3077; amended to be effective January 1, 1992, 16 TexReg 7488; amended to be effective September 24, 1993, 18 TexReg 6215; amended to be effective July 18, 1994, 19 TexReg 5089; amended to be effective December 1, 1994, 19 TexReg 8114; amended to be effective January 3, 1996, 20 TexReg 10898; amended to be effective May 2, 1996, 21 TexReg 3549; amended to be effective March 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 2428; amended to be effective April 14, 1998, 23 TexReg 3682.
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