星空体育app下载 Inspector Committee
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Agenda Item 1 Call to order
ACTION: Chair Warren called the meeting to order at 10:00 a.m.
Members present: Randy Bayer,聽Stephenie Huser, Mike Marlow, Mike Morgan, Ed Muth, Rhondalyn Riley, Cole Robison,聽and Lee Warren.聽
Teresa Benavides joined the meeting at 11:12 a.m.
Commission Liaison(s) present: R. Scott Kesner and Leslie Lerner
Agenda Item 2 Welcome and remarks from the Chair
Agenda Item 3 Discussion and possible action to excuse Committee member鈥檚 absence(s), if any
Agenda Item 4 Housekeeping
Agenda Item 5 Election of Officers as follows:聽
a. Presiding Officer (Chair);
b. Assistant Presiding Officer (Vice-Chair); and
c. Secretary
ACTION on 5.a. Stephenie Huser nominated Lee Warren for Chair. Lee Warren was elected Chair by acclamation.
ACTION on 5.b. Stephenie Huser nominated Mike Morgan for Vice Chair.聽 Mike Morgan was elected Vice Chair by acclamation.
ACTION on 5.c. Mike Morgan nominated Stephenie Huser for Secretary.聽 Stephenie Huser was elected Secretary by acclamation.
Agenda Item 6 Appointments to:
a. Education Subcommittee
b. Standards of Practice Subcommittee
ACTION: Chair Warren made the following appointments:
-Mike Morgan (Chair), Mike Marlow, Teresa Benavides, and Stephenie Huser to the Education Subcommittee; and
-Randy Bayer (Chair), Cole Robison, Rhondalyn Riley, and Ed Muth to the Standards of Practice Subcommittee.
Agenda Item 7 Ratification of the minutes of the July 15, 2024, and October 14, 2024, meetings
Agenda Item 8 Advisory Committee Training
Agenda Item 9 General comments from visitors or written comments on non-agenda items
ACTION: The committee decided by consensus to send the Holtzman comment to the SOP subcommittee for review, to review advertising rules at the April meeting based on the Greul comment, and asked staff to review the Buck comment for future discussion at the April meeting.
Comments:
Shannon Gatewood
Fred Buck
Agenda Item 10 Staff Reports:
a. Executive Division, including legislative update
b. 星空体育app下载 Enforcement Division
c. Education and Examinations Division
d. Licensing Division
10.a. Chelsea Buchholtz, Executive Director聽and Summer Mandell, Communications Director
10.b. Tony Renteria, Staff Attorney
Comment: Shannon Gatewood
10.c. Jennifer Wheeler, Education and Examinations Director
10.d. Denise Sample, Licensing Director
Agenda Item 11 Staff update regarding comparison of examination, license, and education provider data for the time periods of March 2019 through February 2021 and November 2022 through October 2024
Comment: Shannon Gatewood
ACTION: The committee decided by consensus to ask the Education subcommittee to review the changes made to the national portion of the exam last time and determine聽whether the guidelines for prelicensure are still in line with the changes that were made.
Agenda Item 12 Discussion and possible action regarding proctoring and identification requirements in 22 TAC as follows:聽
a. 搂535.65, Responsibilities and Operations of Providers of Qualifying Courses;
b. 搂535.70, Definitions; and
c. 搂535.72, Approval of Non-elective Continuing Education Courses
ACTION: The committee decided by consensus to withdraw the rules at this time for staff to revise and聽present at the April meeting.
Agenda Item 13 Discussion and possible action regarding recommendations related to the Standards of Practice (22 TAC 搂搂 535.227 鈥� 535.233)
Agenda Item 14 Discussion and possible action regarding requirements for an Apprentice Inspector to obtain a Real Estate Inspector license, and for a Real Estate Inspector to obtain a Professional Real Estate Inspector license
Agenda Item 15 Discussion and possible action regarding potential items to be addressed in the Inspector Legal & Ethics and SOP Review course
ACTION: The committee requested to add competency and referral fees.
Agenda Item 16 Request for future meeting agenda items
ACTION: The committee requested聽updates regarding聽the public comments received under agenda item 9.聽
Agenda Item 17 Discussion and possible action regarding future meeting dates:
Monday, April 21, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.聽
Monday, July 14, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.聽
Monday, October 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.聽
ACTION: The next meetings are scheduled for April 21, July 14,聽and October 20, 2025, at 10:00 a.m.
Agenda Item 18 Adjourn
ACTION: The meeting was adjourned at 11:52 a.m.