(a) License or experience in another state. Except as provided
by this section, the commission will not accept a person's license in another
state or experience in real estate brokerage or any related business in satisfaction
of education or experience required for a license.
(b) Education and experience requirements for a broker license.
(1) Experience as a real estate broker or salesperson is accepted
as experience for the purpose of applying for a real estate broker license.
Experience is measured from the date a license is issued, and inactive periods
caused by lack of sponsorship, or any other reason, cannot be included as
active experience.
(2) The commission may waive education and experience required
for a real estate broker license if the applicant satisfies each of the following
conditions.
(A) The applicant must have been licensed as a Texas real estate
broker or salesperson no more than six years prior to the filing of the application.
(B) If the applicant was previously licensed as a Texas real
estate broker, the applicant must have completed at least 15 hours of mandatory
continuing education (MCE) courses within the two-year period prior to the
filing of an application for an active license. If the applicant was previously
licensed as a Texas real estate salesperson, the applicant must satisfy all
current education requirements for an original broker license.
(C) The applicant must have had not less than two years of
active experience as a licensed real estate broker or salesperson during the
eight-year period prior to the filing of the application.
(3) Under the Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6573a (the Act),
Section 7(g), a person who is the designated officer of a corporation or limited
liability company which is licensed as a real estate broker in another state
is deemed to be a licensed real estate broker in another state. The term "state"
means one of the states, territories, and possessions of the United States
and any foreign country or governmental subdivision thereof. A person licensed
in another state may derive the required two years' experience from periods
in which the person was licensed in two or more states. A person whose real
estate broker license is on inactive status is deemed to be a licensed real
estate broker in another state.
(4) The commission shall require not less than 18 semester
hours (270 classroom hours) in courses reflecting course titles or course
descriptions in the real estate disciplines including, but not limited to,
the statutory subject areas identified in the Act, §7(a) and §7(j).
The commission will publish periodically guidelines as to the acceptability
of related courses. Provided, however, that an applicant for a broker license
who was licensed as a salesperson subject to the annual education requirements
set forth in this Act must provide the commission satisfactory evidence of
having completed 18 semester hours (270 classroom hours) of core real estate
courses.
(c) Education requirements for a salesperson license.
(1) In order to maintain a license, a salesperson subject to
annual education requirements shall furnish documentation to the commission
of successful completion of appropriate courses no later than the day the
salesperson files an application with the commission to renew the salesperson's
license.
(2) The commission may waive the education required for a real
estate salesperson license if the applicant satisfies each of the following
conditions.
(A) The applicant must have been licensed either as a Texas
real estate broker or as a Texas real estate salesperson no more than six
years prior to the filing of the application.
(B) The applicant must have completed any core real estate
courses or real estate related courses which would have been required for
a timely renewal of the prior license, or if the renewal of the prior license
was not subject to the completion of core real estate courses or real estate
related courses, the applicant must have completed at least 15 hours of mandatory
continuing education (MCE) courses within the two-year period prior to the
filing of an application for an active license.
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