(a)Required continuing education. 18 [15]
hours of continuing education are required for each renewal of a real
estate salesperson or broker license and must include:
(1)a four [three] hour Legal
Update I: Laws, Rules and Forms [legal update] course;
(2)a four [three] hour Legal
Update II: Agency, Ethics and Hot Topics [ethics]
course; and
(3)a six hour broker responsibility course, if the
license holder:
(A)sponsors one or more salespersons at any time
during the current license period; [or]
(B)is a designated broker of a business entity that
sponsors one or more salespersons at any time during the designated
broker's current license period; or
(C)is a delegated supervisor
of one or more license holders for a period of six months or more
during the supervisor's [supervisors] current
license period.
[(b)Legislator waiver. A license
holder who is a current member of the Texas Legislature is not required
to take the three hour ethics course required under subsection (a)
of this section.]
(b)[(c)] Awarding continuing
education credit. The Commission will award credit to a license holder
for an approved continuing education course upon receipt of a course
completion roster from a CE provider as required under §535.75
of this title.
(c)[(d)] Continuing education
credit for qualifying courses. Real estate license holders may receive
continuing education elective credit for qualifying real estate courses
or qualifying real estate inspection courses that have been approved
by the Commission or that are accepted by the Commission for satisfying
educational requirements for obtaining or renewing a license. Qualifying
real estate courses must be at least 30 classroom hours in length
to be accepted for continuing education elective credit.
(d)[(e)] Continuing education
credit for course taken outside of Texas. A course taken by a Texas
license holder to satisfy continuing education requirements of a country,
territory, or state other than Texas may be approved on an individual
basis for continuing education elective credit in Texas upon the Commission's
determination that:
(1)the Texas license holder held an active real estate
license in the a country, territory, or state other than Texas at
the time the course was taken;
(2)the course was approved for continuing education
credit for a real estate license by the a country, territory, or state
other than Texas and, if a correspondence course, was offered by an
accredited college or university;
(3)the Texas license holder's successful completion
of the course has been evidenced by a course completion certificate,
a letter from the provider or such other proof as is satisfactory
to the commission;
(4)the subject matter of the course was predominately
devoted to a subject acceptable for continuing education credit in
Texas; and
(5)the Texas license holder has filed a Credit Request
for an Out of State Course Credit Request, with the Commission.
(e)[(f)] Continuing education
credit for courses offered by the State Bar. To request continuing
education elective credit for real estate related courses approved
by the State Bar of Texas for minimum continuing legal education participatory
credit, a license holder is required to file an Individual Credit
Request for State Bar Course.
(f)[(g)] Continuing education
credit for courses required for a professional designation. A course
taken by a license holder to obtain any of the following professional
designations, or any other real estate related professional designation
course deemed worthy by the Commission, may be approved on an individual
basis for continuing education elective credit if the license holder
files for credit for the course using Individual Elective Credit Request
for Professional Designation Course and provides the Commission with
a copy of the course completion certificate.
(1)ABR--Accredited Buyer Representative
(2)CRE--Counselor in Real Estate
(3)CPM--Certified Property Manager
(4)CCIM--Certified Commercial-Investment Member
(5)CRB--Certified Residential Broker
(6)CRS--Certified Residential Specialist
(7)GRI--Graduate, Realtor Institute
(8)IREM--Institute of Real Estate Management
(9)SIOR--Society of Industrial and Office Realtors
(g)Continuing education credit for
attendance at Commission meeting. A real estate license holder may
receive up to four hours of continuing education elective credit per
license period for attendance in person at a February Commission meeting.
(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-201503262 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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