Amend CSSB 1100 by adding a new SECTION 4 to the bill to read
as follows and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
      "SECTION 4.  Section 7A(a), The Real Estate License Act
(Article 6573a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
as follows:
      Sec. 7A.  (a)  To renew an active real estate broker license
or an active real estate salesman license that is not subject to
the annual education requirements of this Act, the licensee must
provide the commission proof of attendance of at least 15 classroom
hours of continuing education courses approved by the commission
during the term of the current license. The commission by rule may
provide for the substitution of relevant educational experience or
correspondence courses approved by the commission instead of
classroom attendance. In addition, supervised video instruction may
be approved by the commission as a course counting as classroom
hours of mandatory continuing education. At least six hours of
instruction must be devoted to the rules of the commission, fair
housing laws, landlord-tenant law and other Property Code issues,
agency laws, antitrust laws, the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer
Protection Act (Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce
Code), disclosures to buyers, landlords, tenants, and sellers,
current contract and addendum forms, the unauthorized practice of
law, case studies involving violations of laws and regulations,
current Federal Housing Administration and Department of Veterans
Affairs regulations, tax laws, property tax consulting laws and
legal issues, or other legal topics approved by the commission. The
remaining hours may be devoted to other real estate-related topics
approved by the commission. The commission may consider equivalent
courses for continuing education credit. Property tax consulting
laws and legal issues include but are not limited to the Tax Code,
preparation of property tax reports, the unauthorized practice of
law, agency laws, tax laws, laws concerning property taxes or
assessments, deceptive trade practices, contract forms and
addendum, and other legal topics approved by the commission. Real
estate related courses approved by the State Bar of Texas for
minimum continuing legal education participatory credit and core
real estate courses under Section 7(a) of this Act shall
automatically be approved as mandatory continuing education courses
under this Act. The commission may not require examinations except
for correspondence courses or courses offered by alternative
delivery systems such as  computers. Daily classroom course
segments must be at least one hour <three hours> long but not more
than 10 hours long.