The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB or Board) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §153.23, Inactive Status, without changes to the proposed text as published in the May 27, 2016 issue of the Texas Register (41 TexReg 3817). The amendments implement fingerprint-based criminal history checks for license holders with an inactive license and license holders who seek to renew an expired license on inactive status.

No comments were received on the amendments as proposed.

The reasoned justification for the amendments is to implement fingerprint-based criminal history checks as required by the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB) and as authorized by the 84th Legislature and recommended by the Working Group for AQB Criminal History Check Criteria.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code §§1103.151 - 1103.152, which authorize TALCB to adopt rules relating to certificates and licenses and prescribe qualifications for license holders that are consistent with the qualifications established by the AQB, and Texas Occupations Code §1103.2031, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules implementing fingerprint-based background checks.

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