The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) proposes amendments to §153.21, concerning Appraiser Trainees and Sponsors. The amendments are proposed to implement a new Appraiser Trainee and Supervisor Course to meet the Appraisal Qualifications Board's 2015 criteria. Given these requirements, the Education Subcommittee of the Board also recommended that sponsors should no longer be allowed to designate another certified appraiser who is not approved as a sponsor to supervise a trainee.

Kerri Lewis, Acting General Counsel, has determined that for the first five-year period the proposed amendments are in effect, there will be no fiscal implications for the state or for units of local government as a result of enforcing or administering the section. There is no anticipated significant impact on small businesses, micro-businesses or local or state employment as a result of implementing the section. The anticipated economic cost to persons who are required to comply with the proposed amendments will be the cost of an additional 4 hours of education charged by course providers.

Ms. Lewis also has determined that for each year of the first five years the section as proposed is in effect the public benefit anticipated as a result of enforcing the section will be better educated appraiser trainees and supervisors.

Comments on the proposal may be submitted to Kerri Lewis, Acting General Counsel, Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, P.O. Box 12188, Austin, Texas 78711-2188 or to general.counsel@talcb.texas.gov. The deadline for comments is 30 days after publication in the Texas Register.

The amendments are proposed under Texas Occupations Code, §1103.151, which authorizes the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board 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 Qualifications Board.

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