Sec. 1802.059. LICENSING BY RECIPROCITY

(a) An applicant for an auctioneer's license who is not a resident of this state but is licensed as an auctioneer in another state must submit to the executive director:

(1) a license application;

(2) a certified copy of the auctioneer's license issued to the applicant by the state or political subdivision in which the applicant resides; and

(3) proof that the state or political subdivision in which the applicant is licensed has competency standards equivalent to or stricter than those of this state.

(b) The executive director shall accept the applicant's auctioneer's license submitted under Subsection (a)(2) as proof of the applicant's professional competence and waive the examination and training requirements of Section 1802.052 if the state or political subdivision that issued the nonresident a license extends similar recognition and courtesies to this state.

(c) A nonresident applicant must comply with all other application requirements prescribed by this chapter.

(d) A nonresident applicant must submit with the application a written irrevocable consent to service of process. The consent must be in the form and supported by additional information that the commission by rule requires. The consent must:

(1) provide that an action relating to any transaction subject to this chapter may be commenced against the license holder in the proper court of any county of this state in which the cause of action may arise or in which the plaintiff may reside by service of process on the executive director as the license holder's agent; and

(2) include a statement stipulating and agreeing that service provided by this section is as valid and binding as if service had been made on the person according to the laws of this or any other state.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 4.002, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.