The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to §153.21, concerning Appraiser Trainees and Sponsors, without changes to the proposed text as published in the March 8, 2013, issue of the Texas Register (38 TexReg 1624).

The amendments require disclosure by sponsors of any disciplinary action taken against them in the past three years and to bring the rules into compliance with the updated Real Property Appraiser Qualification Criteria (Criteria) set out by The Appraiser Qualifications Board of the Appraisal Foundation. The Criteria states that Supervisory Appraisers shall be in "good standing" for a period of at least three years.

The reasoned justification for the amendments is compliance with federal requirements for Supervisory Appraisers and to allow the trainee to make a fully educated decision when choosing a supervising appraiser.

No comments were received on the amendments as proposed.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1103.151, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules relating to certificates and licenses, and §1103.152; which authorizes TALCB to prescribe qualifications for appraisers that are consistent with the qualifications established by the Appraiser Qualification Board.

The statute affected by this adoption is Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1103. No other statute, code or article is affected by this adoption.