Texas Register

TITLE 22 EXAMINING BOARDS
PART 23TEXAS REAL ESTATE COMMISSION
CHAPTER 535GENERAL PROVISIONS
SUBCHAPTER LINACTIVE LICENSE STATUS
RULE §535.121Inactive Salesperson License
ISSUE 12/12/2014
ACTION Final/Adopted
Preamble Texas Admin Code Rule

(a)The license of a salesperson immediately becomes inactive upon each of the following circumstances:

  (1)the death of the salesperson's sponsoring broker;

  (2)the expiration, suspension, revocation or inactivation of the license of the sponsoring broker;

  (3)if the sponsoring broker is a business entity, the dissolution of the entity or the forfeiture of its charter;

  (4)if the sponsoring broker is a business entity, the expiration, suspension, revocation, or inactivation of the license of the designated broker of the entity, or the death of the designated broker;

  (5)termination of sponsorship by the salesperson or sponsoring broker;

  (6)failure to timely complete continuing education required under the Act and this Chapter; or

  (7)receipt by the Commission of an application for inactive status.

(b)If the broker intends to terminate the sponsorship, the broker must immediately:

  (1)notify the salesperson in writing; and

  (2)terminate the sponsorship:

    (A)through the online process approved by the Commission; or

    (B)on the appropriate form delivered to the Commission.

(c)If the salesperson intends to terminate the sponsorship, the salesperson must immediately:

  (1)notify the broker in writing; and

  (2)terminate the sponsorship:

    (A)through the online process approved by the Commission; or

    (B)on the appropriate form delivered to the Commission.

(d)If a sponsorship is terminated on a form under this section, the effective date of the termination of the sponsorship is the date the Commission receives the completed form and any applicable fee.

(e)It is the responsibility of the salesperson on inactive status to pay all required license renewal fees timely to prevent the inactive license from expiring.

The agency certifies that legal counsel has reviewed the adoption and found it to be a valid exercise of the agency's legal authority.

Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on November 24, 2014

TRD-201405655

Kerri Lewis

General Counsel

Texas Real Estate Commission

Effective date: January 1, 2015

Proposal publication date: September 5, 2014

For further information, please call: (512) 936-3092



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