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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the grounds for disciplinary action against the holder |
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of a license issued by the Texas Real Estate Commission. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1101.652(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission may suspend or revoke a license issued |
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under this chapter or Chapter 1102 or take other disciplinary |
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action authorized by this chapter or Chapter 1102 if the license |
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holder: |
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(1) enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to or is |
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convicted of an offense under Title 5 or 7, Penal Code, a felony |
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under any other law, or an [or a criminal] offense involving fraud, |
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and the time for appeal has elapsed or the judgment or conviction |
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has been affirmed on appeal, without regard to an order granting |
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community supervision that suspends the imposition of the sentence; |
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(2) procures or attempts to procure a license under |
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this chapter or Chapter 1102 for the license holder by fraud, |
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misrepresentation, or deceit or by making a material misstatement |
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of fact in an application for a license; |
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(3) fails to honor, within a reasonable time, a check |
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issued to the commission after the commission has sent by certified |
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mail a request for payment to the license holder's last known |
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business address according to commission records; |
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(4) fails to provide, within a reasonable time, |
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information requested by the commission that relates to a formal or |
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informal complaint to the commission that would indicate a |
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violation of this chapter or Chapter 1102; |
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(5) fails to surrender to the owner, without just |
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cause, a document or instrument that is requested by the owner and |
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that is in the license holder's possession; |
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(6) fails to notify the commission, not later than the |
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30th day after the date of a final conviction or the entry of a plea |
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of guilty or nolo contendere, that the person has been convicted of |
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or entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a felony or a |
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criminal offense involving fraud; or |
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(7) disregards or violates this chapter or Chapter |
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1102. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1101.652(a), Occupations Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies only to disciplinary action regarding |
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conduct that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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Conduct that occurs before that date is governed by the law in |
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effect on the date the conduct occurred, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |