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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to practices and professions regulated by the Texas Real |
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Estate Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1101.152(a), Occupations Code, as |
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amended by Chapters 297 (H.B. 1530) and 1411 (S.B. 914), Acts of the |
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80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted and amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission shall adopt rules to charge and collect |
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[reasonable] fees in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the |
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costs of administering this chapter, including a fee for: |
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(1) filing an original application for a broker |
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license; |
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(2) annual renewal of a broker license; |
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(3) filing an original application for a salesperson |
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license; |
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(4) annual renewal of a salesperson license; |
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(5) annual registration; |
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(6) filing an application for a license examination; |
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(7) filing a request for a branch office license; |
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(8) filing a request for a change of place of business, |
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change of name, return to active status, or change of sponsoring |
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broker; |
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(9) filing a request to replace a lost or destroyed |
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license or certificate of registration; |
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(10) filing an application for approval of an |
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education program under Subchapter G; |
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(11) annual operation of an education program under |
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Subchapter G; |
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(12) filing an application for approval of an |
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instructor of core real estate courses; |
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(13) transcript evaluation; |
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(14) preparing a license or registration history; |
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(15) filing an application for a moral character |
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determination; and |
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(16) conducting a criminal history check for issuing |
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or renewing a license. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1101.152(b), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) The commission shall adopt rules to set and collect |
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[reasonable] fees in amounts reasonable and necessary to cover the |
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costs of implementing [to implement] the continuing education |
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requirements for license holders, including a fee for: |
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(1) an application for approval of a continuing |
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education provider; |
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(2) an application for approval of a continuing |
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education course of study; |
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(3) an application for approval of an instructor of |
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continuing education courses; and |
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(4) attendance at a program to train instructors of a |
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continuing education course prescribed under Section 1101.455. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1101.153(b), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(b) Of each fee increase collected under Subsection (a): |
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(1) $50 shall be transmitted to Texas A&M University |
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for deposit in a separate banking account that may be appropriated |
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only to support, maintain, and carry out the purposes, objectives, |
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and duties of Texas Real Estate Research Center; |
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(2) [,] $50 shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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foundation school fund; and |
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(3) $100 [$150] shall be deposited to the credit of the |
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general revenue fund. |
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SECTION 4. Section 1101.154(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The fee for the issuance or renewal of a: |
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(1) broker license is the amount of the fee set under |
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Sections 1101.152 and 1101.153 and an additional $20 fee; |
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(2) salesperson license is the amount of the fee set |
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under Section 1101.152 and an additional $20 [$17.50] fee; and |
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(3) certificate of registration is the amount of the |
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fee set under Section 1101.152 and an additional $20 fee. |
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SECTION 5. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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section, this Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of |
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two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by |
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Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not |
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receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes |
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effect September 1, 2009. |
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(b) Section 1101.153(b), Occupations Code, as amended by |
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this Act, takes effect September 1, 2011. |