The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §533.1, concerning Definitions, and §533.3, concerning Filing and Notice, without changes to the proposed text as published in the March 4, 2011, issue of the Texas Register (36 TexReg 1467) and will not be republished.

The amendment to §533.1 amends the definition of "last known mailing address" to "mailing address" to be consistent with other TREC rules. The amendment to §533.3 clarifies that the Notice of Alleged Violation required by Occupations Code §1101.703 will be mailed to the respondent's mailing address.

The reasoned justification for the rules is clarification of the practice and procedure before the commission and the State Office of Administrative Hearings and consistency with other TREC rules.

No comments were received on the rules as proposed.

The amendments are 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 purpose and intent of the Act to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Act.

The statutes affected by this adoption are Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1101, Chapter 1102, 1303, and Texas Property Code, Chapter 221. No other statute, code or article is affected by the adopted amendments.