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07/11/2016 at 10:00 am
Stephen F. Austin Building, Room 170
1700 North Congress
Austin, TX 78701

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TREC Inspector Committee

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The meeting agenda and any meeting materials can be found under 'Meeting Materials' on the right side of this page as they become available. There are no minutes for this meeting.

Agenda Item 1 - Call to order.
 
Agenda Item 2 - Ratification of the minutes of the April 18,2016 meeting.
 
COMMITTEE ACTION: Motion made by Lee Warren, seconded by Brad Phillips, to ratify the minutes of the April 18,2016 meeting.

Motion was approved unanimously.
 
Agenda Item 3 - General comments from visitors on non-agenda items.
 
No comments were made.
 
Agenda Item 4 - Reports from Subcommittees.
 
Reports were given by:

Greg Eakin, Education Subcommittee Chair
Lee Warren, SOP Subcommittee Chair

No Report given from Enforcement Subcommittee

Agenda Item 5 - Staff reports from Administration & Management Services, Standards and Enforcement Services, and Education & Licensing Services.
 
Reports were given by:
Michael Molloy, Standards and Enforcement Services
Gwen Jackson, Education & Licensing Services
John Cahill, Inspector, representing himself addressed the committee.
 
Agenda Item 6 - Discussion and possible action regarding comments on the non-substantive revisions to 22 TAC §§535.227-535.233 (Inspector Standards of Practice).
 
COMMITTEE ACTION: COMMITTEE ACTION: Motion made by Mr. Phillips, seconded by Barbara Evans, to recommend the rules as presented to the Commission.

Motion was approved unanimously.
 
Agenda Item 7 - Discussion regarding Inspector SOP Ethics/Legal Update course.
 
COMMITTEE ACTION: The committee will address issues related to this agenda item at the next meeting. (See Agenda Item 10)
 
Agenda Item 8 - Discussion and possible action regarding possible amendments to 22 TAC §535.218, Continuing Education Required for Renewal:

a. Awarding CE credit to inspectors for attendance at TREIC meetings.

b. Awarding CE credit to inspectors who take CE courses in another state if the inspector is dually licensed in that state.

Comments were made by:

Jay Hicks, inspector, representing himself.

COMMITTEE ACTION: Motion made by Mr. Warren, seconded by Dianna Rose, to recommend the rules as presented to the Commission.
 
Motion was approved unanimously.
 
Agenda Item 9 - Discussion and possible action regarding safety and “code-based” items in the Standards of Practice.
 
Comments were made by:

John Cahill, Inspector, representing himself.
Jay Hicks, inspector, representing himself.

COMMITTEE ACTION: No action was taken by the committee.
 
Agenda Item 10 - Request for future meeting agenda items.
 
A request was made to add an agenda item to discuss the Memorandum of Understanding between TREC and the Texas A&M Real Estate Center regarding the SOP/Legal/Update course.

Another request was made to add an item to discuss the current licensure exception for engineers and limiting the use of the report form to licensed inspectors.
 
Agenda Item 11 - Discussion of future meeting dates.
 
The next meeting of the Inspector Committee is July 28, 2016 at 10 am. It will be held as a teleconference. An additional meeting will be held on September 12, 2016 at 10am.
 
Agenda Item 12 - Adjourn
 
The meeting was adjourned at 12:15pm.

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