The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to §153.20, Guidelines for Revocation, Suspension, Denial of Licensure or Certification; Probationary Licensure, without changes to the proposed text as published in the June 7, 2013, issue of the Texas Register (38 TexReg 3473). The amendments are adopted to clarify that an applicant for a license or certification, whether successful or not, is subject to denial and/or discipline (in the case of a step-up application) if the applicant makes false, misleading or fraudulent misrepresentations in the application process.

The reasoned justification for the amendment is greater clarity of the consequences for such acts for applicants and enforcement staff.

No comments were received on the amendment as proposed.

The amendment is adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1103.151, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules relating to certificates and licenses, and §1103.154, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules relating to the professional conduct of a licensed or certified appraiser.

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