The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to §157.8, concerning Adverse Action Against a Licensee. The amendments are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the September 7, 2012, issue of the Texas Register (37 TexReg 7035).

The amendments were proposed at TALCB's August 17, 2012, meeting to clarify that the rule also applies to appraisal management companies that are registered with the board and to set out the board's standards of practice and procedure when a licensee or registrant who has entered into an Agreed Order with the board wishes to request a modification of that order.

The reasoned justification for the amendments to §157.8 is greater clarity of procedural standards when an appraiser or appraisal management company wishes to modify an existing Agreed Order.

No comments were received on the proposed amendments.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1103.151 and §1104.051, which authorize the TALCB to adopt rules necessary for certifying or licensing an appraiser and administering the provisions of Chapter 1104.

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