The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) adopts amendments to chapter 541 concerning rules relating to the provisions of Texas Occupations Code Chapter 53 and §541.1 concerning criminal offense guidelines without changes to the proposed text as published in the August 29, 2003, issue of the Texas Register (28 TexReg 7164) and will not be republished.

The amendments change the cites to the relevant statutory provisions of Chapter 53, a nonsubstantive codification of article 6252-13c, Texas Civil Statutes effective September 1, 1999. 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 criminal offense guidelines.

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. Rules Relating to the Provisions of Texas Occupations Code, Chapter 53