The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to §§537.21 - 537.23, 537.26, 537.27, 537.33, 537.35, 537.40, 537.46, and 537.48 to correct the agency web address from www.state.tx.us to www.trec.state.tx.us. The amendments are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the September 5, 2008, issue of the Texas Register (33 TexReg 7416) and will not be republished.

Elsewhere in this issue of the Texas Register, the Texas Real Estate Commission contemporaneously withdraws and re-proposes new §537.51, concerning Standard Contract Form TREC No. 44-0 regarding an addendum for reservation of oil, gas, and other minerals. The new rule was previously published in the September 5, 2008, issue of the Texas Register. The commission is re-proposing the form based on a number of comments that were received and considered during the notice and comment period regarding the withdrawn form.

No comments were received on the amendments as proposed.

The reasoned justification for the amendments to the rules is to maintain consistency by correcting typographical errors regarding references to the commission's website in its rules.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1101.151, which authorizes the Texas Real Estate Commission to adopt and enforce rules necessary to administer Chapter 1101; and to establish standards of conduct and ethics for its licensees to fulfill the purposes of Chapter 1101 and ensure compliance with 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.