The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to §535.65 concerning changes in ownership or operation of school; presentation of courses without changes to the proposed text as published in the March 5, 2004, issue of the Texas Register (29 TexReg 2174) and will not be republished.

The amendment to §535.65(d) permits accredited real estate schools to request MCE credit to be given to instructors of real estate core courses by filing a completed MCE Form 11-3, Instructor Credit Request. Currently, schools are required to request credit on school letterhead. The change provides consistency in the credit application process as it makes the process similar to §535.72(m) which permits continuing education providers to request MCE credit to be given to MCE instructors. The amendment to §535.65(i) permits a school to provide a roster of students who take alternate delivery method or correspondence courses 10 days after the end of the month in which the course was taken.

No comments were received regarding the amendments.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1101.151, which authorizes the Texas Real Estate Commission to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the performance of its duties and to establish standards of conduct and ethics for its licensees in keeping with the purposed and intent of the Act to insure compliance with the provisions of the Act.

The statute affected by this adoption is Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1101. No other statute, code or article is affected by the adopted amendments.