The Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board adopts amendments to §153.15, Experience Required for Certification or Licensing, without changes to the proposed text as published in the September 27, 2002, issue of the Texas Register (27 TexReg 9082). The text will not be republished.

These amendments bring the experience requirements into compliance with the current Appraisal Qualifications Board's Real Property Appraiser Qualifications Criteria and add additional specificity to acceptable real estate appraisal experience for certification or licensure. Concurrent adopted amendments to §153.1, Definitions, add definitions for the terms "appraisal process" and "workfile," as used in this title.

The Foundation Appraiser Coalition of Texas, Inc. (FACT) provided written and oral comments at the November 8, 2002, Board meeting. FACT's comments were supportive of the amendments but they had questions concerning interpretation which were answered at the meeting. No other comments were received.

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