The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts an amendment to §535.61 concerning Examinations without changes to the proposed text as published in the August 25, 2006, issue of the Texas Register (31 TexReg 6616) and will not be republished. Section 535.61 authorizes the commission to waive the national portion of the examination for an applicant who has passed a comparable national examination that has been certified by a nationally recognized real estate regulator association. The amendment to §535.61 clarifies that the waiver would only apply to an applicant who has a current license equivalent to the license being applied for.

The reasoned justification for the amendment is clarification that acceptance of national test results from other states with comparable examinations applies in the circumstances described above.

No comments were received on the amendment as proposed.

The amendment is 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 amendment.