The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts on an emergency basis amendments to §537.30, Standard Contract Form TREC No. 23-8 (New Home Contract (Incomplete Construction)) and §537.31, Standard Contract Form TREC No. 24-8 (New Home Contract (Complete Construction). The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis to eliminate from the new home contracts provisions required by the Texas Residential Construction Commission Act (Title 16 of the Texas Property Code) that will not be appropriate after the September 1, 2009, expiration of the Act. In §537.30 and §537.31, Standard Contract Forms TREC Nos. 23-8 and 24-8 are amended to delete from Paragraph 22 the references to the Addendum Containing Required Notices Under §§5.016, 420.001 and 420.002, Texas Property Code.

The emergency amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1101.155, which authorizes the Texas Real Estate Commission to adopt rules in the public's best interest that require license holders to use contract forms prepared by the Texas Real Estate Broker-Lawyer Committee and adopted by the commission.

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