(a)Before applying for a license, a person [
an appraiser trainee] may submit up to two requests for the
Board to review the appraiser trainee's work product.
(b)A person [An appraiser trainee]
may submit an application to the Board for review of his or her [
the appraiser trainee's] work product after:
(1)accumulating between thirty to fifty percent of
the hours of appraisal experience required by the AQB for category
of appraiser license the person [appraiser trainee]
will be applying for;
(2)accumulating between sixty to eighty percent of
the hours of appraisal experience required by the AQB for category
of appraiser license the person [appraiser trainee]
will be applying for; or
(3)both.
(c)Work product submitted for review must fall within
one of the approved categories of experience credit described in §153.15
[§153.15(e)] of this title and meet the definition
of real estate appraisal experience in §153.1 of this title.
[(d)To begin the review process,
an appraiser trainee must:]
[(1)submit an application for work product review
on a form approved by the Board;]
[(2)pay the required fee; and]
[(3)submit a completed appraisal report and corresponding
work file from a time period during which the appraiser trainee had
legal authority to perform the work.]
(d)[(e)] The application for
review of [an appraiser trainee's] work product is not
complete until the completed report and workfile, [appraiser
trainee submits] all required documentation and [pays]
the required fee are received by the Board.
(e)[(f)] If a person [
an appraiser trainee] provides inadequate documentation, the
Board will notify [ contact] the person [
appraiser trainee] in writing, and identify any deficiencies
Unless the work product review applicant cures the deficiencies within
twenty days of notification, the Board will terminate the application
for work product review. [and provide the appraiser trainee
twenty days to cure the noted deficiencies. If the appraiser trainee
fails to cure the deficiencies timely, the Board will terminate the
appraiser trainee's application for work product review.]
(f)[(g)] The Board will provide
[the appraiser trainee with] a written report identifying
deficiencies in the [appraiser trainee's] work product
after the [application for] review is complete.
(g)[(h)] A review conducted
under this provision:
(1)is for educational purposes only;
(2)does not constitute Board approval of the [appraiser
trainee's] experience;
(3)does not preclude the Board from denying a license
application submitted by the work product review applicant [
appraiser trainee] in the future; and
(4)will not result in a complaint against the work
product review applicant [appraiser trainee] unless
the review [of the appraiser trainee's work product]
reveals:
(A)knowing or intentional misrepresentation, fraud
or criminal conduct; or
(B)serious deficiencies that constitute grossly negligent
acts or omissions.
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 6, 2022
TRD-202201807 Kathleen Santos
General Counsel
Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board
Earliest possible date of adoption: June 19, 2022
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3652
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