The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts an amendment to §535.63 concerning education and experience requirements for a license education without changes to the proposed text as published in the April 26, 2002, issue of the Texas Register (27 TexReg 3433). The amendment conforms the rule to the amendments to The Real Estate License Act made by House Bill 695, 77th Legislature (2001). House Bill 695 increases the number of hours of core real estate courses required for salesperson and broker applications. Effective with applications filed after December 31, 2001, an applicant for a broker license will be required to complete 18 semester (270 classroom) hours of core real estate courses, an increase of 90 core classroom hours over prior law.

No comments were received regarding the proposal.

The amendment is adopted under Texas Civil Statutes, Article 6573a, §5(h), which authorize the Texas Real Estate Commission to make and enforce all rules and regulations necessary for the performance of its duties.