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TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER JFEES
RULE §535.101Fees
ISSUE 08/27/2010
ACTION Final/Adopted
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)Fees for the issuance of a license due to a change of address, additional place of business or change of sponsoring broker are due when requests for such licenses are received. A change of address or name submitted with an application to renew a license, however, does not require payment of a fee in addition to the fee for renewing the license. If the commission receives a request for issuance of a license certificate which requires payment of a fee, and appropriate fee was not filed with the request, the commission shall return the request and notify the person filing the request that the person must pay the fee before the certificate will be issued. The commission may require written proof of a licensee's right to use a different name prior to issuing a license certificate reflecting a change of name. As used in this section, the term "license" includes a certificate of registration.

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

  (1)a fee of $105 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 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 $20 for preparing a license history;

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

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

  (14)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)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)the fee charged by the Federal Bureau of Investigation for a national criminal history check in connection with a license renewal;

  (17)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 adoption has been reviewed by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on August 12, 2010

TRD-201004673

Loretta R. DeHay

General Counsel

Texas Real Estate Commission

Effective date: September 1, 2010

Proposal publication date: June 11, 2010

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



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