Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2305 Compare Versions

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1		-	By: Thompson of Harris, et al. H.B. No. 2305
2		-	(Senate Sponsor - Creighton)
3		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 12, 2021;
4		-	April 13, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
5		-	Business & Commerce; May 19, 2021, reported favorably by the
6		-	following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 19, 2021, sent to printer.)
7		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	87R16349 CXP-F
	2	+	By: Thompson of Harris, Darby, Hernandez, H.B. No. 2305
	3	+	Guillen, Kuempel, et al.
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10	6		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
11	7		AN ACT
12	8		relating to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, the Real Estate
13	9		Research Advisory Committee, and the Texas Real Estate Commission;
14	10		increasing a fee.
15	11		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
16	12		SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter C, Chapter 86,
17	13		Education Code, is amended to read as follows:
18	14		SUBCHAPTER C. TEXAS REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER
19	15		SECTION 2. Section 86.51, Education Code, is amended to
20	16		read as follows:
21	17		Sec. 86.51. TEXAS REAL ESTATE RESEARCH CENTER. The Texas
22	18		Real Estate Research Center [There] is established at Texas A&M
23	19		University [a Real Estate Research Center, hereinafter referred to
24	20		as the center]. The operating budget, staffing, and activities of
25	21		the center shall be approved by the board of regents of The Texas
26	22		A&M University System.
27	23		SECTION 3. Section 86.52, Education Code, is amended by
28	24		amending Subsections (c), (d), (e), (f), (h), (i), (j), (k), and (l)
29	25		and adding Subsection (m) to read as follows:
30	26		(c) Members [Except for the initial appointees, members] of
31	27		the advisory committee hold office for staggered terms of six
32	28		years, with the terms of three members expiring on January 31 of
33	29		each odd-numbered year. [In making the initial appointments, the
34	30		governor shall designate three members, including two
35	31		representatives of the real estate industry and one representative
36	32		of the general public, for terms expiring in 1973, three for terms
37	33		expiring in 1975, and three for terms expiring in 1977.] Any
38	34		vacancy shall be filled by appointment for the unexpired portion of
39	35		the term. Each member shall serve until the member's [his]
40	36		successor is qualified.
41	37		(d) The presiding officer [chairman] of the Texas Real
42	38		Estate Commission, or a member of the commission designated by the
43	39		presiding officer [him], shall serve as an ex officio, nonvoting
44	40		member of the advisory committee.
45	41		(e) The advisory committee shall elect a presiding officer
46	42		and an assistant presiding officer from the committee's [its]
47	43		membership, and each officer shall serve for a term of one year.
48	44		(f) [The first meeting of the advisory committee shall be
49	45		called by the president of Texas A & M University or his designated
50	46		representative.] The advisory committee shall meet not less than
51	47		semiannually, and in addition on call of the committee's presiding
52	48		officer [its chairman], or on petition of any six of the committee's
53	49		[its] members, or on call of the president of Texas A&M [A & M]
54	50		University or the president's [his] designated representative.
55	51		(h) The president of Texas A&M [A & M] University or the
56	52		president's [his] designated representative shall submit to the
57	53		advisory committee in advance of each fiscal year a proposed budget
58	54		for expenditures of all funds provided for the center in a form that
59	55		is related to the proposed schedule of activities for the review and
60	56		approval of the advisory committee. The proposed budget approved
61	57		by the advisory committee shall be forwarded with the comments of
62	58		the committee to the board of directors of The Texas A&M [A & M]
63	59		University System prior to its action on the proposed budget, and
64	60		the board of directors of The Texas A&M [A & M] University System
65	61		shall not authorize any expenditure that has not had the prior
66	62		approval of the advisory committee.
67	63		(i) The president of Texas A&M [A & M] University or the
68	64		president's [his] designated representative shall submit to the
69	65		advisory committee for its review and approval a research agenda at
70	66		the beginning of each fiscal year and shall continuously inform the
71	67		advisory committee of changes in its substance and scheduling.
72	68		(j) Each member of the advisory committee [board] is
73	69		entitled to a per diem as provided in the center's budget [set by
74	70		legislative appropriation] for each day that the member engages in
75	71		the business of the committee [board]. A member may not receive any
76	72		compensation for travel expenses, including expenses for meals and
77	73		lodging, other than transportation expenses. A member is entitled
78	74		to compensation for transportation expenses as provided in
79	75		[prescribed by] the center's budget [General Appropriations Act].
80	76		(k) Except as provided by Subsection (l), the [The] advisory
81	77		committee is subject to Chapter 551, Government Code, Chapter 2001,
82	78		Government Code, and the provisions of Chapter 572, Government
83	79		Code.
84	80		(l) The advisory committee may conduct a meeting by
85	81		conference call or virtually through a third-party Internet
86	82		application as long as members of the general public are able to
87	83		participate in the meeting, and any discussions during the meeting,
88	84		if the meeting is not permitted to be conducted as a closed meeting
89	85		under Chapter 551, Government Code.
90	86		(m) The financial transactions of the center are subject to
91	87		audit by the state auditor in accordance with Chapter 321,
92	88		Government Code.
93	89		SECTION 4. Section 1101.054, Occupations Code, is amended
94	90		to read as follows:
95	91		Sec. 1101.054. OFFICIAL OATH. Not later than the 15th
96	92		calendar day after the date of appointment, each appointee must
97	93		take the constitutional oath of office.
98	94		SECTION 5. Section 1101.154(a), Occupations Code, is
99	95		amended to read as follows:
100	96		(a) The fee for the issuance or renewal of a:
101	97		(1) broker license is the amount of the fee set under
102	98		Section 1101.152 and an additional $70 fee for each year of the term
103	99		for which the license is issued or renewed;
104	100		(2) sales agent license is the amount of the fee set
105	101		under Section 1101.152 and an additional $20 fee for each year of
106	102		the term for which the license is issued or renewed; and
107	103		(3) certificate of registration is the amount of the
108	104		fee set under Section 1101.152 and an additional $20 fee for each
109	105		year of the term for which the certificate is issued or renewed.
110	106		SECTION 6. Section 1101.154(a), Occupations Code, as
111	107		amended by this Act, applies only to the issuance or renewal of a
112	108		license or certificate of registration under Chapter 1101,
113	109		Occupations Code, on or after the effective date of this Act.
114	110		SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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