The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board adopts amendments to §153.20, Guidelines for Revocation, Suspension or Denial of Licensure or Certification without changes to the proposed text as published in the December 14, 2001, issue of the Texas Register (26 TexReg 10200). The text will not be republished.

These adopted rules add language which specifies that an 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.

No comments were received concerning the adoption of the amendments.

The amendments are adopted 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.