Bill Text: TX HB2305 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, the Real Estate Research Advisory Committee, and the Texas Real Estate Commission; increasing a fee.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-2)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-26 - Removed from local & uncontested calendar [HB2305 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2305-Comm_Sub.html
By: Thompson of Harris, et al. | H.B. No. 2305 | |
(Senate Sponsor - Creighton) | ||
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021; | ||
April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on | ||
Business & Commerce; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, the Real Estate | ||
Research Advisory Committee, and the Texas Real Estate Commission; | ||
increasing a fee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 86, | ||
Education Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER C. TEXAS REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER | ||
SECTION 2. Section 86.51, Education Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 86.51. TEXAS REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER. The Texas | ||
Real Estate Research Center [ |
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University [ |
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the center shall be approved by the board of regents of The Texas | ||
A&M University System. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 86.52, Education Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l) | ||
and adding Subsection (m) to read as follows: | ||
(c) Members [ |
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the advisory committee hold office for staggered terms of six | ||
years, with the terms of three members expiring on January 31 of | ||
each odd-numbered year. [ |
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vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of | ||
the term. Each member shall serve until the member's [ |
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successor is qualified. | ||
(d) The presiding officer [ |
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Estate Commission, or a member of the commission designated by the | ||
presiding officer [ |
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member of the advisory committee. | ||
(e) The advisory committee shall elect a presiding officer | ||
and an assistant presiding officer from the committee's [ |
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membership, and each officer shall serve for a term of one year. | ||
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semiannually, and in addition on call of the committee's presiding | ||
officer [ |
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University or the president's [ |
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(h) The president of Texas A&M [ |
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president's [ |
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advisory committee in advance of each fiscal year a proposed budget | ||
for expenditures of all funds provided for the center in a form that | ||
is related to the proposed schedule of activities for the review and | ||
approval of the advisory committee. The proposed budget approved | ||
by the advisory committee shall be forwarded with the comments of | ||
the committee to the board of directors of The Texas A&M [ |
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University System prior to its action on the proposed budget, and | ||
the board of directors of The Texas A&M [ |
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shall not authorize any expenditure that has not had the prior | ||
approval of the advisory committee. | ||
(i) The president of Texas A&M [ |
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president's [ |
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advisory committee for its review and approval a research agenda at | ||
the beginning of each fiscal year and shall continuously inform the | ||
advisory committee of changes in its substance and scheduling. | ||
(j) Each member of the advisory committee [ |
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entitled to a per diem as provided in the center's budget [ |
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the business of the committee [ |
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compensation for travel expenses, including expenses for meals and | ||
lodging, other than transportation expenses. A member is entitled | ||
to compensation for transportation expenses as provided in | ||
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(k) Except as provided by Subsection (l), the [ |
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committee is subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, Chapter 2001, | ||
Government Code, and the provisions of Chapter 572, Government | ||
Code. | ||
(l) The advisory committee may conduct a meeting by | ||
conference call or virtually through a third-party Internet | ||
application as long as members of the general public are able to | ||
participate in the meeting, and any discussions during the meeting, | ||
if the meeting is not permitted to be conducted as a closed meeting | ||
under Chapter 551, Government Code. | ||
(m) The financial transactions of the center are subject to | ||
audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321, | ||
Government Code. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1101.054, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1101.054. OFFICIAL OATH. Not later than the 15th | ||
calendar day after the date of appointment, each appointee must | ||
take the constitutional oath of office. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 1101.154(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The fee for the issuance or renewal of a: | ||
(1) broker license is the amount of the fee set under | ||
Section 1101.152 and an additional $70 fee for each year of the term | ||
for which the license is issued or renewed; | ||
(2) sales agent license is the amount of the fee set | ||
under Section 1101.152 and an additional $20 fee for each year of | ||
the term for which the license is issued or renewed; and | ||
(3) certificate of registration is the amount of the | ||
fee set under Section 1101.152 and an additional $20 fee for each | ||
year of the term for which the certificate is issued or renewed. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 1101.154(a), Occupations Code, as | ||
amended by this Act, applies only to the issuance or renewal of a | ||
license or certificate of registration under Chapter 1101, | ||
Occupations Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
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