(a) - (b)(No change.)
(c)License [Expedited license]
for military service members, military veterans, or military spouses.
This subsection applies to an applicant who is a military service
member, a military veteran, or the spouse of a person serving
on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States.
(1)The Commission shall
waive the license application and examination fees for an applicant
who is:
(A)a military service member or military veteran whose
military service, training, or education substantially meets all of
the requirements for the license; or
(B)a military service member, military veteran, or
military spouse who holds a current license issued by another jurisdiction
that has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent
to the requirements for the license in this state.
(2)The Commission shall issue on an expedited
basis a license to an applicant who holds a current certificate or
license issued by a country, territory, or state other than Texas
for other than Texas that has licensing requirements that are substantially
equivalent to the requirements for the certificate or license issued
in Texas.
(d)Credit for military service. [Expedited
license for military spouses.] This subsection applies to an
applicant who is [the spouse of a person] serving on active
duty as a member of the armed forces of the United States. [The
Commission shall issue on an expedited basis a license to an applicant
who holds a current certificate or license issued by a country, territory,
or state other than Texas for other than Texas that has licensing
requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements
for the certificate or license issued in Texas.]
(1)The Commission shall credit any verifiable military
service, training or education obtained by an applicant that is relevant
to a license toward the requirements of a license.
(2)This subsection does not apply to an applicant
who holds a restricted license issued by another jurisdiction.
(3)The applicant must pass the qualifying examination
for the type of license sought.
(e)(No change.)
(f)The Executive Director [administrator]
may waive any prerequisite to obtaining a license for an applicant
issued [issue a license] under subsection (c) or
(d) [by endorsement in the same manner as the Texas Commission
of Licensing and Regulation to an applicant under this subsection].
(g) - (h)(No change.)
The agency certifies that legal counsel
has
reviewed the proposal and found it to be within the state agency's
legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of State on August 20, 2015
TRD-201503268 Kerri Lewis
General Counsel
Texas Real Estate Commission
Earliest possible date of adoption: October 4, 2015
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3092
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