87R4949 JES-D By: Smith H.B. No. 2998 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the requirement that certain business entities obtain a license from the Texas Real Estate Commission. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 1101.351, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: (d) Notwithstanding any other law, a business entity that is operated exclusively under the name of a licensed individual broker is not required to hold a business entity license to act as a broker. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.