The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to §157.18, concerning Motions for Rehearing; Finality of Decisions. The amendments are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the September 7, 2012, issue of the Texas Register (37 TexReg 7038).

The amendments were proposed at TALCB's August 17, 2012, meeting to clarify the board's practice and procedures regarding motions for rehearing by describing the requirements for filing a motion for rehearing; setting out the procedure for a hearing on the motion for rehearing; and addressing situations in which new evidence may be presented.

The reasoned justification for the amendments to §157.18 is greater clarity and transparency in procedures for motions for rehearing.

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 regarding appraisal management companies and the corresponding statutory sections for those chapters regarding rehearing, §§1103.519, 1103.520, 1104.216 and 1104.217.

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