Bill Text: TX HB2232 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the education requirements for certain property tax professionals to be eligible for registration.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-11 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB2232 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2232-Introduced.html
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| By: Simmons | H.B. No. 2232 | |
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| relating to the education requirements for certain property tax | ||
| professionals to be eligible for registration. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1151.152, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1151.152. ELIGIBILITY FOR REGISTRATION. (a) To be | ||
| eligible for registration, an applicant must: | ||
| (1) be at least 18 years of age; | ||
| (2) reside in this state; | ||
| (3) be of good moral character; | ||
| (4) either: | ||
| (A) hold an associate's degree or more advanced | ||
| degree from an accredited institution of higher education or have | ||
| successfully completed at least 59 hours of college credit from an | ||
| accredited institution of higher education; or | ||
| (B) have held: | ||
| (i) an active license as a real estate | ||
| broker or salesperson for at least four years; or | ||
| (ii) an active license or certificate as a | ||
| real estate appraiser for at least 12 months [ |
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| (5) be actively engaged in appraisal, assessment, or | ||
| collection. | ||
| (b) The department may register an applicant actively | ||
| engaged in appraisal, assessment, or collection for an appraisal | ||
| district located in a county with a population of less than 25,000 | ||
| who does not meet the requirements of Subsection (a)(4) if the | ||
| applicant is a graduate of an accredited high school or establishes | ||
| high school graduation equivalency. | ||
| SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | ||
| 1151.152, Occupations Code, applies only to an application for | ||
| registration that is submitted to the Texas Department of Licensing | ||
| and Regulation on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
| application for registration submitted before that date is governed | ||
| by the law in effect at the time the application was submitted, and | ||
| the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
