The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §157.9, Notice of Hearings, and §157.12, Failure to Attend Hearing; Default Judgment, without changes to the proposed text as published in the September 4, 2015, issue of the Texas Register (40 TexReg 5679). The amendments implement statutory changes to Chapter 2001, Texas Government Code, and Chapter 1103, Texas Occupations Code, adopted by the 84th Legislature.

The reasoned justification for the amendments is to align the rules with statutory changes adopted by the 84th Legislature.

No comments were received on the amendments as proposed.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1103.151, which authorizes the TALCB to adopt rules relating to certificates and licenses, and §1104.051, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules necessary to administer Chapter 1104.

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.