The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §153.21, Appraiser Trainees and Supervisory Appraisers, with changes as published in the December 8, 2017, issue of the Texas Register (42 TexReg 6867). The amendments allow supervisory appraisers to supervise up to five appraiser trainees if the supervisory appraiser and all of the trainees supervised by that supervisory appraiser meet certain additional criteria as required by the Appraiser Qualifications Board (AQB). Under the amendments, a supervisory appraiser may supervise four or five appraiser trainees if the supervisory appraiser has been a certified appraiser for more than five years and all of the appraiser trainees supervised by that supervisory appraiser participate in the voluntary experience reviews established in §153.22 of this chapter.

The reasoned justification for the amendments is to allow supervisory appraisers to supervise more appraiser trainees and encourage more entrants into the appraisal industry, while also maintaining the quality of work product for consumers.

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.

No comments were received on the amendments as published. However staff recommends deletion of the word "or" from subsection (a)(3)(A) as published to improve readability.

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