The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board adopts new §§157.2-157.8, 157.9-157.14 and 157.15-157.19 and 157.20, concerning General Provisions, Contested Case Hearings and Post Hearing, without changes to the proposed text as published in the December 22, 2000, issue of the Texas Register (25 TexReg 12587) and will not be republished.

Chapter 151 is repealed and replaced with new Chapter 157. The repeal of Chapter 151 is contemporaneously adopted elsewhere in this issue of the Texas Register. Section 151.1, concerning Definitions, has been combined with the definitions in §153.1. Chapter 151 is being relocated to Chapter 157 so that Chapter 153 concerning Provisions of the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act, are the first set of rules that appear in the Texas Administrative Code.

No comments were received regarding adoption of the rules.

The new sections are adopted under the Powers and Duties of the Board, Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act, §5, (a) (1), (2), (3), and (7) (Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6573a.2), and §14(c), Certificate and License Renewal.