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Meeting Details

01/22/2018 at 10:00 am
Stephen F. Austin Building, Room 400A
1700 North Congress
Austin, TX 78701

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TREC Inspector Committee


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Note: While the written portion of the minutes below are published in agenda order, the items may have been presented in a different order.

Agenda Item 1. Call to order & roll call.

The chair called the meeting to order at 10:05 AM.

Committee members attending  in person:

Dianna Rose, Lee Warren, Brad Phillips, Steven Rinehart, Shawn Emerick, Doyle Williamson, Brad Phillips

Committee Members attending via telephone:

Barbara Evans

Commissioners attending via videoconference:

Adrian Arriaga

TREC Staff attending :

Kristin Worman (Deputy General Counsel), Gwen Jackson (Director, Education and Licensing), Michael Molloy (Staff Attorney), Jennifer Wheeler (Education Manager),Tony Slagle (Government Affairs), Mark Moore (Director, TREC SES), Mike Sample Deal,

Agenda Item 2. Ratification of the minutes of the October 9, 2017 meeting.

COMMITTEE ACTION:

A motion was made by Lee Warren, seconded by Doyle Willimason, to ratify the minutes as approved.

The motion passed unanimously.

Agenda Item 3. General comments from visitors on non-agenda items.

No Comments were made.

EXECUTIVE SESSION: The Chair called the Committee into Executive Session at 10:09 AM. The Chair reconveined  the meeting at 10:26 am.

Agenda Item 4. Reports from Subcommittees.

Doyle Williamson presented the Standards & Practice (SOP) Subcommittee Report

No Enforcement or Education Subcommittee Reports were given

Agenda Item 5. Staff reports from Administration & Management Services (AMS), Standards and Enforcement Services (SES), and Education & Licensing Services (ELS).

Administration & Management Services report was given by Kristen Worman

Standards & Enforcement Services reports was given Michael Molloy

Education & Licensing Services was given by Gwen Jackson

Agenda Item 6. Discussion and Possible Action regarding proposed amendments to:

a. 22 TAC §535.211, Professional Liability Insurance, or Any Other Insurance that Provides Coverage for Violations of Subchapter G of Chapter 1102; and

b. REI COI-2 (Certificate of Insurance).

Comments were made by:

Randall Ryden, representing himself

Norman "Bud" Rozell, representing himself

Mike Cothran, repreasnting TPREIA

John Cahill, representing himself

COMMITTEE ACTION:

A motion was made by Mr. Warren, seconded by Shawn Emerick, to recomend that the Commission take no action on the proposed amendments to 22 TAC §535.211, Professional Liability Insurance, and remand this matter to the Committee to allow for continued discussion and examination of a legislative fix for all consumer recovery issues that could be implemented as part of the agency’s sunset review.

The motion passed unanimously.

.Agenda Item Agenda Item 7. Discussion and possible action regarding open book final exams for qualifying courses.

Comments were made by:

Cyndi Carter, representing Champions School of Real Estate

Sylvia Busk, representing Champions School of Real Estate

Scott Regan, representing himself

John Cahill, representing himself

COMMITTEE ACTION:

No action taken.

Agenda Item 8. Discussion and possible action regarding non-elective distance education course delivery.

COMMITTEE ACTION:

No action taken.

Agenda Item 9. Discussion and possible action regarding 22 TAC 535.220, including the inspector’s relationship with and duties to the inspector’s client.

Mike Cothran, repreasnting TPREIA

Norman "Bud" Rozell, representing himself

Scott Regan, representing himself

Michael Marlow, representing himself

Fred Buck, Representing himself

COMMITTEE ACTION:

The Commitee directed staff to draft a definition for "Client" for the committee to consider.

Agenda Item 10. Discussion and possible action regarding an inspector’s responsibilities to the property owner of the property being inspected

John Cahill, representing himself

Norman "Bud" Rozell, representing himself

Michael Marlow, representing himself

Mike Cothran, repreasnting TPREIA

COMMITTEE ACTION:

No action taken.

Agenda Item 11. Request for future meeting agenda items.

Two items were discussed as future agenda items:

  • the definition of client, and
  • possible stauroty recomendations regarding consumer recovery issues

Agenda Item 12. Discussion of future meeting dates.

Meetings of the full committee were scheduled  Monday, February 26 at 10:00 AM. A meeting of the SOP Subcommittee was scheduled for 9:00 AM on that same day.

Agenda Item 13. Adjourn

The meeting was adjourned at 12:41 PM.