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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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OCCUPATIONS CODE |
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Title 7. PRACTICES AND PROFESSIONS RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY AND HOUSING |
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Subtitle A. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO REAL ESTATE |
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Chapter 1101. REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALESPERSONS |
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Subchapter J. LICENSE RENEWAL |
Sec. 1101.455. CONTINUING EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
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(a) In this section, "property tax consulting laws and legal issues" includes the Tax Code, preparation of property tax reports, the unauthorized practice of law, agency law, tax law, law relating to property tax or property assessment, deceptive trade practices, contract forms and addendums, and other legal topics approved by the commission.
(b) A license holder who is not subject to the education requirements of Section 1101.454 must attend during the term of the current license at least 15 classroom hours of continuing education courses approved by the commission.
(c) The commission by rule may:
(1) prescribe the title, content, and duration of continuing education courses that a license holder must attend to renew a license; and
(2) approve as a substitute for the classroom attendance required by Subsection (b):
(A) relevant educational experience; and
(B) correspondence courses.
(d) In addition, the commission may approve supervised video instruction as a course that may be applied toward satisfaction of the classroom hours of continuing education courses required by Subsection (b).
(e) At least six of the continuing education hours required by Subsection (b) must cover the following legal topics:
(1) commission rules;
(2) fair housing laws;
(3) Property Code issues, including landlord-tenant law;
(4) agency law;
(5) antitrust laws;
(6) Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code;
(7) disclosures to buyers, landlords, tenants, and sellers;
(8) current contract and addendum forms;
(9) unauthorized practice of law;
(10) case studies involving violations of laws and regulations;
(11) current Federal Housing Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs regulations;
(12) tax laws;
(13) property tax consulting laws and legal issues; or
(14) other legal topics approved by the commission.
(f) The remaining nine hours may be devoted to other real estate-related topics approved by the commission.
(g) The commission may consider courses equivalent to those described by Subsections (e) and (f) for continuing education credit.
(h) The commission shall automatically approve the following courses as courses that satisfy the mandatory continuing education requirements of Subsection (f):
(1) core real estate courses; and
(2) real estate-related courses approved by the State Bar of Texas for minimum continuing legal education participatory credit.
(i) The commission may not require an examination for a course under this section unless the course is a correspondence course or a course offered by an alternative delivery system, including delivery by computer.
(j) Daily classroom course segments must be at least one hour and not more than 10 hours.
(k) Notwithstanding the number of hours required by Subsection (e), a member of the legislature licensed under this chapter is only required to complete three hours of continuing education on the legal topics under Subsection (e).
(l) An online course offered under this section may not be completed in less than 24 hours.