The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to §535.71, concerning mandatory continuing education: approval of providers, courses and instructors, §535.72, concerning presentation of courses, advertising, and records, and §535.73, concerning compliance and enforcement without changes to the proposed text as published in the August 29, 2003, issue of the Texas Register (28 TexReg 7160) and will not be republished.

The amendments change the cites to the relevant statutory provisions in Chapter 1101, Texas Occupations Code. House Bill 2813, 77th Legislature (2001), added Chapter 1101, a nonsubstantive codification of The Real Estate License Act, and repealed Article 6573a, Texas Civil Statutes effective June 1, 2003. The amendments to §535.71 adopt by reference MCE form 9-6 to change a cite referenced in the form to the relevant Occupations Code provision and MCE form 10-1 to update the form. The amendments to §535.72 change two references to the updated form adopted by §535.71. The amendments are also adopted in connection with TREC's on-going review of its rules and are generally intended to update and to clarify the rules concerning mandatory continuing education.

No comments were received regarding the amendments.

The amendments are adopted under Texas Occupations Code, §1101.151, which authorizes the Texas Real Estate Commission to adopt and enforce rules necessary to administer Chapters 1101 and 1102; and to establish standards of conduct and ethics for its licensees to fulfill the purposes of Chapters 1101 and 1102 and ensure compliance with Chapters 1101 and 1102.

The statute affected by this adoption is Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 1101. No other statute, code or article is affected by the adopted amendments.