The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §159.104, Primary Contact; Appraiser Contact; Controlling Person; Contact Information, without changes to the proposed text as published in the December 7, 2018, issue of the Texas Register (43 TexReg 7849).

The amendments are recommended by the TALCB Executive Committee and members of the Appraisal Management Company (AMC) Advisory Committee to allow AMCs to designate more than one controlling person.

The reasoned justification for the amendments allowing AMCs to designate more than one controlling person is to expand the pool of candidates eligible to serve as members of the AMC Advisory Committee.

No comments were received on the amendments as published.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code §1104.051, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules to necessary to administer Chapter 1104, Texas Occupations Code.

The statute affected by these amendments is Chapter 1104, Texas Occupations Code. No other statute, code or article is affected by the amendments.