The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts on an emergency basis amendments to 22 TAC §535.191, Schedule of Administrative Penalties, in Chapter 535, General Provisions.

The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis to implement statutory changes enacted by the 86th Legislature in SB 624 as part of the Sunset Review process and take effect on September 1, 2019, and apply to complaints filed on or after that date. The amendments conform the statutory references in this section to those changes.

The amendments are adopted on an emergency basis under Texas Occupations Code, §1101.151, which authorizes the Texas Real Estate Commission to adopt and enforce rules necessary to administer Chapters 1101 and 1102; and to establish standards of conduct and ethics for its license holders to fulfill the purposes of Chapters 1101 and 1102 and ensure compliance with Chapters 1101 and 1102.

The statute affected by these emergency amendments is Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1101. No other statute, code or article is affected by the emergency amendments.