The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts an amendment to 22 TAC §157.11, Contested Cases; Entry of Appearance; Continuance, without changes to the proposed text as published in the October 28, 2011, issue of the Texas Register (36 TexReg 7245), which will not be republished. The amendment deletes an erroneous reference to the statute relating to notice of hearing and conforms it to general provisions regarding contested cases for appraisal management companies.

The reasoned justification for the rule as adopted is clarity and standardization through extension of existing procedural rules to appraisal management companies.

No comments were received regarding the amendment as proposed.

The amendment is adopted under the Texas Occupations Code, §1103.151, Rules Relating to Certificates and Licenses, and §1104.051, Rules.

The statutes affected by this adoption are Texas Occupations Code, Chapters 1103 and 1104. No other statute, code, or article is affected by the adoption.