The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §531.3, Competency, in Chapter 531, Canons of Professional Ethics and Conduct, without changes to the proposed text, as published in the May 24, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 2566) and will not be republished.

The amendments to §531.3 clarify the definition of competency to conform with recent changes to §535.2, Broker Responsibility, which requires brokers to ensure their sponsored agents have geographic and property type competence.

No comments were received on the amendments as published.

The amendments are adopted 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.