Texas Register
TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 531CANONS OF PROFESSIONAL ETHICS AND CONDUCT
RULE §531.3Competency
ISSUE 05/24/2019
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule
It is the obligation of a license holder [real estate agent] to be knowledgeable and competent as a real estate brokerage practitioner. The license holder must [ agent should]:

  (1)be informed on local market issues and conditions affecting [the] real estate in the geographic area where a license holder provides services to a client [business and pledged to continuing education in the intricacies involved in marketing real estate for others;; ]

   (2)be informed on national, state, and local issues and developments in the real estate industry; [and]

   (3)exercise judgment and skill in the performance of brokerage activities [the work]; and

    (4)be educated in the characteristics involved in the specific type of real estate being brokered for others.

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on May 8, 2019

TRD-201901369

Chelsea Buchholtz

General Counsel

Texas Real Estate Commission

Earliest possible date of adoption: June 23, 2019

For further information, please call: (512) 936-3177

 

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