(a) The board shall charge and the commissioner shall collect
the following fees:
(1) an application or renewal fee for 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; and
(10) a fee for a returned check equal to that charged for a
returned check by the Texas Real Estate Commission.
(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 30 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
any annual registry fee required under federal law within 30 days after the
board mails a written request for payment of the fee to the appraiser's last
known business address as shown in the board's records. If, however, the board
requests payment of the registry fee in connection with renewal of a certification
or license, the registry fee must be paid at the same time as the fee for
certification or license renewal. 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.
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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 |