The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to §535.91, concerning Renewal Notices; §535.92, concerning Renewal: Time for Filing; Satisfaction of Mandatory Continuing Education Requirements; and §535.94, concerning Hearing on Application Disapproval; Probationary License. The amendments are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the October 26, 2007, issue of the Texas Register (32 TexReg 7654) and will not be republished.

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 provision that permits a 3-hour legislative exemption for Mandatory Continuing Education and which transferred the functions of the TREC administrative law judge to the State Office of Administrative Hearings. Senate Bill 914 and House Bill 1530, each of 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.