(a)(No change.) (b)The commission shall mail the prescribed renewal application form to the last known business address of the licensee at least 90 days prior to the expiration of the license. If the license is on inactive status, the form will be mailed to the licensee's last known permanent mailing [residence] address as shown in the commission's computerized records. An inactive licensee shall furnish a permanent mailing address at the time the licensee becomes inactive and report all subsequent address changes within 10 days after a change of address. If a licensee fails to provide a permanent mailing address, the last known mailing address for the licensee will be deemed to be the licensee's permanent mailing address. [ The commission shall have no obligation to mail a form to a licensee on inactive status who fails to furnish the commission with a residence address.] An apprentice inspector or a real estate inspector must be sponsored by a licensed professional inspector in order to renew a license on an active status. It is the responsibility of the licensee to apply for renewal, and failure to receive a renewal application form does not relieve the licensee of the responsibility of applying for renewal. (c)If the commission develops a system whereby licenses may be renewed electronically, a licensee also may renew an unexpired license by accessing the commission's Internet web site, entering the required information on the renewal application form, satisfying applicable education requirements and paying the appropriate fee in accordance with the instructions provided at the site by the commission. (d)A licensee shall provide information requested by the commission in connection with an application to renew a license within 30 days after the commission requests the information. Failure to provide information requested by the commission in connection with a renewal application within the required time is grounds for disciplinary action under the Act, §15B(b). (e) [(c)]Renewal applications filed after expiration of the license are subject to the increased fees provided by the Act, §23(f).[If a license has been expired for no more than two years, a previously licensed person may apply for late renewal of the license. An application for late renewal is an application for a license for which the applicant is not required to satisfy education, experience, or examination requirements for an original license. An application for late renewal of a license filed no more than one year after expiration of the license is subject to the increased fees provided by the Act, §23(f). An application filed more than one year after expiration of the license must be accompanied by the fee provided by the Act, §23(h) for an application for an original license.] (f) [(d)]A renewal application is deemed filed when placed in the mail properly addressed to the commission with appropriate postage paid. (g) [(e)]An inspector licensed on active status who timely files a renewal application together with the applicable fee and evidence of completion of any required continuing education courses may continue to practice prior to receiving a new license certificate from the commission. If the license has expired and the licensee files an application to renew the license, the licensee may not practice until the new certificate is received.
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 August 18, 2000
TRD-200005839 Mark A.
Moseley
General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 1, 2000
For further information, please call: (512) 465-3900
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