Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R13676 RAL-F
2	2	By: Goodwin H.B. No. 3593
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the licensing of real estate inspectors.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 1102.001(5), Occupations Code, is
12	12	redesignated as Section 1102.001(8-a), Occupations Code, and
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	(8-a) "Qualifying [(5) "Core] real estate inspection
15	15	course" means an educational course approved by the commission that
16	16	relates to real estate inspection, including a course on structural
17	17	items, electrical items, mechanical systems, plumbing systems,
18	18	roofing, business, law, standards of practice, report writing,
19	19	appliances, or ethics.
20	20	SECTION 2. Section 1102.107, Occupations Code, is amended
21	21	to read as follows:
22	22	Sec. 1102.107. ELIGIBILITY FOR APPRENTICE INSPECTOR
23	23	LICENSE. To be eligible for an apprentice inspector license, an
24	24	applicant must:
25	25	(1) at the time of application be:
26	26	(A) at least 18 years of age; and
27	27	(B) a citizen of the United States or a lawfully
28	28	admitted alien;
29	29	(2) be sponsored by a professional inspector; [and]
30	30	(3) submit evidence satisfactory to the commission of
31	31	successful completion of at least four classroom hours of a
32	32	qualifying real estate inspection course as required by commission
33	33	rule; and
34	34	(4) satisfy the commission as to the applicant's
35	35	honesty, trustworthiness, and integrity.
36	36	SECTION 3. Section 1102.108(a), Occupations Code, is
37	37	amended to read as follows:
38	38	(a) To be eligible for a real estate inspector license, an
39	39	applicant must:
40	40	(1) at the time of application have:
41	41	(A) held an apprentice inspector license for at
42	42	least three months; and
43	43	(B) performed at least 25 real estate inspections
44	44	under direct supervision;
45	45	(2) submit evidence satisfactory to the commission of
46	46	successful completion of at least 90 classroom hours of qualifying
47	47	[core] real estate inspection courses, in addition to the hours
48	48	required by Section 1102.107;
49	49	(3) demonstrate competence based on the examination
50	50	under Subchapter D;
51	51	(4) be sponsored by a professional inspector; and
52	52	(5) satisfy the commission as to the applicant's
53	53	honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, and competence.
54	54	SECTION 4. Section 1102.109, Occupations Code, is amended
55	55	to read as follows:
56	56	Sec. 1102.109. ELIGIBILITY FOR PROFESSIONAL INSPECTOR
57	57	LICENSE. To be eligible for a professional inspector license, an
58	58	applicant must:
59	59	(1) at the time of application have:
60	60	(A) held a real estate inspector license for at
61	61	least 12 months; and
62	62	(B) performed at least 175 real estate
63	63	inspections under indirect supervision;
64	64	(2) submit evidence satisfactory to the commission of
65	65	successful completion of at least 40 classroom hours of qualifying
66	66	[core] real estate inspection courses, in addition to the hours
67	67	required by Sections 1102.107 and [Section] 1102.108;
68	68	(3) demonstrate competence based on the examination
69	69	under Subchapter D; and
70	70	(4) satisfy the commission as to the applicant's
71	71	honesty, trustworthiness, integrity, and competence.
72	72	SECTION 5. Section 1102.111(b), Occupations Code, is
73	73	amended to read as follows:
74	74	(b) Rules adopted under Subsection (a) may not require an
75	75	applicant to:
76	76	(1) complete more than 320 additional hours of
77	77	qualifying [core] real estate inspection courses;
78	78	(2) complete more than 40 hours of field work, if the
79	79	applicant completes correspondence or other course provided by
80	80	alternative means; or
81	81	(3) have more than seven years of relevant experience.
82	82	SECTION 6. Section 1102.151(a), Occupations Code, is
83	83	amended to read as follows:
84	84	(a) A license examination must evaluate competence in the
85	85	subject matter of each required qualifying [core] real estate
86	86	inspection course.
87	87	SECTION 7. Section 1102.205(b), Occupations Code, is
88	88	amended to read as follows:
89	89	(b) As a prerequisite for renewal of a real estate inspector
90	90	license, professional inspector license, or apprentice inspector
91	91	license, the inspector must participate in the continuing education
92	92	program and submit evidence satisfactory to the commission of
93	93	successful completion of at least 16 classroom hours of qualifying
94	94	[core] real estate inspection courses or continuing education
95	95	courses for each year of the license period preceding the renewal.
96	96	SECTION 8. Sections 1102.107, 1102.108(a), and 1102.109,
97	97	Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an
98	98	application for a license under Chapter 1102, Occupations Code,
99	99	submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An
100	100	application for a license submitted before the effective date of
101	101	this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
102	102	application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
103	103	effect for that purpose.
104	104	SECTION 9. This Act takes effect January 1, 2026.