The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board (TALCB) adopts amendments to 22 TAC §157.9, Notice of Hearing, and §157.10, Right to Counsel; Right to Participate, without changes to the proposed text, as published in the March 11, 2022, issue of the Texas Register (47 TexReg 1179). The rules will not be republished. The amendments are adopted following a comprehensive review of this chapter to better reflect current TALCB procedures and to simplify and clarify where needed.

The amendments to §157.9 clarify TALCB's procedure for providing notice of hearing consistent with Section 1103.502 of the Texas Occupations Code.

No comments were received on the amendments as published.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code §1103.151, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules for certifying or licensing an appraiser or appraiser trainee and §1103.154, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules relating to professional conduct, and §1104.051, which authorizes TALCB to adopt rules necessary to administer the provisions of Chapter 1104.