(a)(No change.)
(b)Educational Requirements for a Professional Inspector
License. To become licensed as a professional inspector, a person
must satisfy the 130-hour education requirement for licensure by completing
the courses required for licensure as a real estate inspector in subsection
(a) of this section; and
(1)(No change.)
(2)8 additional hours in non-elective coursework in
legal, ethics, SOPs, and report writing as defined in §535.218
of this title (relating to Continuing Education Required for
Renewal); and
(3)(No change.)
(c)(No change.)
(d)Substitute Experience Requirements for a Real Estate
Inspector License.
(1)A person may satisfy the substitute experience
requirements for licensure as a real estate inspector as follows:
(A)(No change.)
(B)complete:
(i)20 hours of field work through ride-along inspection
course sessions as defined [dfined] in §535.213(g)
of this title (relating Qualifying Real Estate Inspector Instructors
and Courses); and
(ii)(No change.)
(2)(No change.)
(g)Education submitted under this
section will only be accepted to satisfy the requirements for licensure
if started before March 1, 2021 and completed and submitted in conjunction
with an application filed by June 30, 2021.
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 27, 2020
TRD-202002164 Vanessa Burgess
General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: July 12, 2020
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3284
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