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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER JFEES
RULE §535.101Fees
ISSUE 06/11/2010
ACTION Proposed
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)(No change.)

(b)The commission shall charge and collect the following fees:

  (1)a fee of $105 [not to exceed $75] for the filing of an original application for a real estate broker license, which includes a fee for transcript evaluation;

  (2)a fee of $34 for annual renewal of a real estate broker license;

  (3)a fee of $105 [$75] for the filing of an original application for a real estate salesperson license , which includes a fee for transcript evaluation;

  (4)a fee of $34 for annual renewal of a real estate salesperson license;

  (5)a fee of $61 for taking a license examination;

  (6)a fee of $20 for filing a request for a license for each additional office or place of business;

  (7)a fee of $20 for filing a request for a license for a change of place of business change of name, return to active status or change of sponsoring broker;

  (8)a fee of $20 for filing a request to replace a license lost or destroyed;

  (9)a fee of $400 for filing an application for accreditation of an education program under Texas Occupations Code (the Act), §1101.301;

  (10)a fee of $200 a year for operation of a real estate education program under the Act, §1101.301;

   [(11)a fee of $30 for transcript evaluation;]

  (11)[(12)] a fee of $20 for preparing a license history;

  (12)[(13)] a fee of $25 for the filing of an application for a moral character determination;

  (13)[(14)] a fee of $25 for the filing of an instructor application;

  (14)[(15)] a fee of $51 for the annual late renewal of a real estate salesperson or broker license for a person whose license has been expired 90 days or less;

  (15)[(16)] a fee of $68 for the annual late renewal of a real estate salesperson or broker license for a person whose license has been expired more than 90 days but less than one year;

  (16)[(17)] the fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check in connection with a license renewal; [and]

  (17)[(18)] a late reporting fee of $250 to reactivate a license under §535.92(f) of this chapter; and

   (18)a fee of $20 for filing any application, renewal, change request, or other record on paper that a person may otherwise file with the commission electronically by accessing the commission's web site, entering the required information online, and paying the appropriate fee.

(c)Fees established by this section that are paid when an application is filed are not refundable once an application has been accepted for filing.

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 May 24, 2010

TRD-201002837

Loretta R. DeHay

General Counsel

Texas Real Estate Commission

Earliest possible date of adoption: July 11, 2010

For further information, please call: (512) 465-3926



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