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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER FEDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS, TIME PERIODS AND TYPE OF LICENSE
RULE §535.63Education and Experience Requirements for a License
ISSUE 10/26/2007
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)(No change.)

(b)Education and experience requirements for a broker license.

  (1)(No change.)

  (2)Notwithstanding Texas Occupations Code §1101.451(f), the [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) - (4)(No change.)

(c)Education requirements for a salesperson license.

  (1)(No change.)

  (2)Notwithstanding Texas Occupations Code §1101.451(f), the [The] commission may waive the education required for a real estate salesperson license if the applicant satisfies each of the following conditions.

    (A) - (B)(No change.)

This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on October 15, 2007

TRD-200704877

Loretta R. DeHay

General Counsel and Assistant Administrator

Texas Real Estate Commission

Earliest possible date of adoption: November 25, 2007

For further information, please call: (512) 465-3900



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