| (a) A person desiring to be licensed shall file an application using forms prescribed by the commission. The commission may not accept an application for filing if the application is materially incomplete or the application is not accompanied by the appropriate fee. The commission may not issue a license unless the applicant: (1) pays the fee prescribed by the commission; (2) satisfies any experience or education requirements established by the Real Estate License Act (the Act), §23, or by these sections, providing written proof from the course provider that successful completion of a final course examination or other form of final evaluation was required for course credit; (3) successfully completes any qualifying examination required by the Act; (4) provides all supporting documentation or information requested by the commission in connection with the application. (b) The Texas Real Estate Commission adopts by reference the following forms approved by the commission. These forms are published by and available from the Texas Real Estate Commission, P.O. Box 12188, Austin, Texas 78711-2188: (1) Application for a License as an Apprentice Inspector, Form REI 2-5; (2) Application for a License as a Real Estate Inspector, Form REI 4-6; and (3) Application for a License as a Professional Inspector, Form REI 6-6. (c) An application shall be considered void and subject to no further evaluation or processing when one of the following events occurs. (1) The applicant fails to satisfy a required examination within six months from the date the application is accepted for filing. (2) The applicant fails to provide information or documentation within 60 days after the commission makes written request for the information or documentation. (3) The applicant fails to submit a required fee within 60 days after the commission makes written request for payment of the fee. (d) An application for a license or late renewal of a license may be denied if the commission determines that the applicant has failed to satisfy the commission as to the applicant's honesty, trustworthiness and integrity or if the applicant has been convicted of a criminal offense which is grounds for disapproval of an application under §541.1 of this title (relating to Criminal Offense Guidelines). Notice of the denial and any hearing on the denial shall be as provided in the Act, §10 and §535.224 of this title (relating to Proceedings before the Committee). For the purposes of this section, the term "late renewal" means an application for a license by a person who held the same type of license no more than two years prior to the filing of the application. (e) Procuring or attempting to procure a license by fraud, misrepresentation or deceit or by making a material misstatement of fact in an application is grounds to deny the application or suspend or revoke the license. It is a violation of this section for a sponsoring professional inspector knowingly to make a false statement to the commission in an application for a license or late renewal of a license for an apprentice or a real estate inspector. |
| Source Note: The provisions of this §535.208 adopted to be effective January 1, 1992, 16 TexReg 7489; amended to be effective December 21, 1993, 18 TexReg 9103; amended to be effective September 15, 1994, 19 TexReg 6915; 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 2429; amended to be effective December 1, 1999, 24 TexReg 10554 |
