The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §153.20, Guidelines for Revocation, Suspension, Denial of License; Probationary License, with changes to the proposed text as published in the September 4, 2015, issue of the Texas Register (40 TexReg 5674). The amendments implement changes regarding compliance with an agreed order of the Board and the statute of limitations for investigating a complaint to align the rule with statutory changes to Chapter 1103, Texas Occupations Code, adopted by the 84th Legislature.

No comments were received on the amendments as proposed. However, the subsection numbering for this section has been changed to correct an error.

The reasoned justification for the amendments is to provide clarity to license holders and to align the rule with statutory changes adopted by the 84th Legislature.

The revision to the rule as adopted does not change the nature or scope so much that the rule as adopted could be deemed a different rule. The rule as adopted does not affect individuals other than those contemplated by the rule as proposed. The rule as adopted does not impose more onerous requirements than the proposed rule.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code §1103.151, which authorizes the 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 AQB.

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