(a)This section applies only to a person who:
(1)previously held an appraiser license issued by
the Board that has expired; and
(2)seeks to obtain the same level of appraiser license
previously held by the person before its expiration.
(b)A person described in subsection (a) may apply
to reinstate the person's former license by:
(1)submitting an application for reinstatement on
a form approved by the Board;
(2)paying the required [applicable]
fee;
(3)satisfying the Board as to the person's honesty,
trustworthiness and integrity;
(4)satisfying the experience requirements in this
section; and
(5)satisfying the fingerprint and criminal history
check requirements in §153.12 of this title.
(c)Applicants for reinstatement under this section
must demonstrate completion of 14 hours of appraiser continuing education
for each year since the last renewal of the person's previous license.
(d)Applicants for reinstatement must demonstrate that
their appraisal experience complies with USPAP as follows:
(1)Persons who have work files and license [
files/license] expired less than 5 years. A person described
in subsection (a) who has appraisal work files and whose previous
license has been expired less than five years may apply to reinstate
the person's previous license by submitting an experience log as follows:
(A)For reinstatement as a licensed residential appraiser
or a certified residential appraiser, a minimum of 10 residential
appraisal reports representing at least 10 percent of the hours
and property type of experience required by the AQB for the applicable
license category [200 hours of residential real estate
appraisal experience].
[(B)For reinstatement as a certified
residential real estate appraiser, a minimum of 10 residential appraisal
reports representing at least 250 hours of residential real estate
appraisal experience.]
(B)[(C)] For reinstatement as
a certified general appraiser, a minimum of 10 non-residential appraisal
reports representing at least 10 percent of the total hours of
experience required by the AQB for this license category [300
hours of non-residential real estate appraisal experience].
(2)Persons who do not have work files or license [
files/license] expired more than 5 years.
(A)A person described in subsection (a) who does not
have appraisal work files or whose previous license has been expired
for more than five years may apply for a license as an appraiser trainee
for the purpose of acquiring the appraisal experience required under
this subsection.
(B)An appraiser trainee licensed under this section
may apply for reinstatement at the same level of appraiser license
that the applicant previously held, after the applicant completes
the required number of appraisal reports or hours of real estate appraisal
experience as follows:
(i)For reinstatement as a licensed residential appraiser
or certified residential appraiser, the applicant must complete
a minimum of 10 residential appraisal reports representing at
least 10 percent of the experience hours required by the AQB for the
applicable license category [or 200 hours of residential
real estate appraisal experience, whichever is more].
[(ii)For reinstatement as a certified
residential appraiser, the applicant must complete a minimum of 10
residential appraisal reports or 250 hours of residential real estate
appraisal experience, whichever is more.]
(ii)[(iii)] For reinstatement
as a certified general appraiser, the applicant must complete a minimum
of 10 non-residential appraisal reports representing at least
10 percent of the total hours of experience required by the AQB for
this license category [or 300 hours of non-residential
real estate appraisal experience, whichever is more].
(C)Upon completion of the required number of appraisal
reports or hours of real estate appraisal experience, the applicant
must submit an experience log.
(D)If an appraiser trainee seeking
reinstatement under this section is supervised by a supervisory appraiser
with more than three appraiser trainees, those trainees seeking reinstatement
under this section satisfy the required progress monitoring through
completion of the experience audit under subsection (e) of this section
and need not complete the voluntary appraiser trainee experience reviews
under §153.22 of this title.
(e)Consistent with §153.15, the Board will evaluate
each applicant's real estate appraisal experience for compliance with
USPAP based on the submitted experience log.
(f)For those persons described in subsection (a) the
Board has discretion to waive the following requirements:
(1)Proof of qualifying education;
(2)College education or degree requirement; or
(3)Examination for persons whose appraiser license
has been expired for less than five years.
(g)Consistent with this chapter, upon review of the
applicant's real estate appraisal experience, the Board may:
(1)Reinstate the applicant's previous appraiser license;
(2)Reinstate the applicant's previous appraiser license,
contingent upon completion of additional education, experience or
mentorship; or
(3)Deny the application.
The agency certifies that legal counsel
has reviewed the emergency adoption and found it to be within the
state agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office
of the Secretary of
State on April 24, 2018
TRD-201801859 Kristen Worman
General Counsel
Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board
Effective date: May 1, 2018
Expiration date: August 29, 2018
For further information, please call: (512) 936-3652
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