The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC or Commission) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §535.142, Consumer Complaint Processing, in Chapter 535, General Provisions, without changes to the proposed text as published in the August 30, 2019, issue of the Texas Register (44 TexReg 4643). The rule will not be republished.

The amendments implement statutory changes enacted by the 86th Legislature in SB 624 as part of the Sunset Review process.

The amendments direct the Commission to dismiss a complaint if the complaint is inappropriate or without merit and to protect the complainant's identity by excluding identifying information from a complaint notice sent to a respondent. The amendments also reorganize this section and group all grounds for dismissal of a complaint in subsection (d).

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.