The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board proposes amendments to §153.20, Guidelines for Revocation, Suspension or Denial of Licensure or Certification. These amendments to §153.20(a) will add language which will specify that the applicant or licensee must notify the board within 30 days of a conviction, or of pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or criminal offense involving fraud or moral turpitude, or is incarcerated for those offenses. Non compliance could result in revocation or suspension of licensure or having an application denied.

Renil C. Liner, Commissioner, Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, has determined that for the first five-year period the amendments are in effect there will be no fiscal implications for state or local government.

Mr. Liner also has determined that for each year of the first five years these amendments are in effect, the public benefit anticipated as a result of enforcing the amendments will be the protection of the public interests with more effective enforcement by requiring licensees and applicants to notify the board when convicted or incarcerated for a relevant felony, or to take action against the licensee or applicant when such notification has not been given. There will be no effect on small businesses. There is no anticipated economic cost to persons who are required to comply with the amendments as proposed.

Comments on the proposal may be submitted Renil C. Liner, Commissioner, Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board, P.O. Box 12188 Austin, Texas 78711-2188.

The amendments are proposed under the Powers and Duties of the Board, Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Act, §5 (Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6573a.2), which provides the board with authority to adopt rules.

Section 5, Powers and Duties of the Board; §11 , Denial of Certificate or License; Appeal; §12, Enforcement Proceedings; and §12A, Contested Case Proceedings, may be affected by the proposed amendments.