The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to §535.71, concerning Mandatory Continuing Education: Approval of Providers, Courses, and Instructors and adopting by reference one revised form, and to §535.72, concerning Mandatory Continuing Education: Presentation of Courses, Advertising and Records. The amendment to §535.71 is adopted with changes to the proposal as published in the October 26, 2007, issue of the Texas Register (32 TexReg 7653) and will be republished. Section 535.71(d)(7) was changed to update the form number referenced in that paragraph. Section 535.72 is adopted without changes and will not be republished.

The adopted amendments provide the procedure by which education providers must ensure that online Mandatory Continuing Education courses may not be completed in less than 24 hours.

The TREC received no comments during the notice and comment period regarding adoption of the amendments.

The reasoned justification for the adoption of the amendments is the implementation of legislation enacted during the 80th Legislative Session which created a new requirement that online Mandatory Continuing Education courses may not be completed in less than 24 hours. Senate Bill 914, which became effective September 1, 2007, included revisions to Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1101.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1101.151, which authorizes TREC to adopt and to enforce rules necessary to administer Chapter 1101.

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