Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to §535.61, concerning examinations, §535.62, concerning acceptable courses of study, §535.63, concerning education and experience requirements for a license, §535.64, concerning accreditation of schools and approval of courses and instructors, §535.65, concerning changes in ownership or operation of school; presentation of courses, advertising, and records, and §535.66, concerning payment of annual fee, audits, investigations and enforcement actions without changes to the proposed text as published in the August 29, 2003, issue of the Texas Register (28 TexReg 7158) 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Legislature (2001), added Chapter 1101, a nonsubstantive codification of The Real Estate License Act (the Act), and repealed Article 6573a, Texas Civil Statutes effective June 1, 2003. The amendment to §535.64(g) is adopted in connection with the passage of House Bill 1508 by the 78th Legislature (2003), setting the maximum fee for application for real estate instructor and adopts by reference a revised application form to reflect an instructor application fee of $25. The amendment to §535.65(i) permits a school to provide a roster of students who take alternate delivery method courses 10 days after the end of the month in which the course was taken. 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 education, experience, educational programs, time periods and type of license.

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.