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Meeting Details

07/16/2018 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 1. Call to order & roll call

The Chair called the meeting to order at 10:00AM.

Committee members attending  in person:

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

Commissioners attending: Adrian Arriaga

TREC Staff attending:

Douglas Oldmixon (Executive Director), Kristin Worman (Deputy General Counsel), Gwen Jackson (Director, ELS), Mark Moore (Director, TREC SES), Tony Slagle (Government Affairs), and Tony Renteria (Staff Attorney)

Agenda 2. Discussion and possible action to excuse Committee members absence(s), if any.

COMMITTEE ACTION:

A motion was made by Brad Phillips, seconded by Lee Warren, to excuse the asbense sof Barbara Evans and Matt Hart.

The motion passed unanimously.

Agenda 3. Ratification of the minutes of the April 9, 2018 meeting.

COMMITTEE ACTION:

A motion was made by Mr. Warren, seconded by Shawn Emerick, to ratify the minutes as approved.

The motion passed unanimously.

Agenda 4. General comments from visitors on non-agenda items.

No comments were made.

Agenda 5. Reports from Subcommittees:

a. No report was given from the Standards and Practice Subcommittee.

b. No report was given from the Enforcement Subcommittee.

c. Steven Rinehart gave an Education Subcommittee report.

Committee member Matt Hart arrived at 10:05 AM.

Agenda 6. Staff Reports:

a. Douglas Oldmixon gave the Administration & Management Services (AMS)

b. Mark Morre gave the Standards & Enforcement Services (SES)

Commitee member Barbara Evans arrived via telephone at 10:34 AM.

c.Gwen Jackson gave the Education & Licensing Services (ELS)

Agenda Item 7. Discussion and possible action regarding recommendations for a legislative fix for all inspector consumer recovery issues.

COMMITTEE ACTION:

A motion was made by Mr. Warren, seconded by Mr. Phillips to recomend that the Commission .

The motion passed unanimously.

Agenda Item 8. Discussion and possible action regarding amendments to 22 TAC 535.201, Definitions.

COMMITTEE ACTION:

A motion was made by Mr. Warren, seconded by Mr. Emerick to recomend the Commision adopt the rule as proposed at its Myy meeting.

The motion passed unanimously.

Agenda Item 9. Discussion and possible action regarding an inspector’s authority to perform sewer inspections.

COMMITTEE ACTION: Commitee recomended that staff address this issue in the Inspecctor Insight newsletter.

Agenda Item 10. Discussion and possible action regarding rule review of 22 TAC 535, Subchapter R, Real Estate Inspectors, including possible amendments based on the review.

COMMITTEE ACTION:

A motion was made by Mr. Emerick, seconded by Mr. Warren to recomend the Commision propse a amendments to Subchaper R as presented.

The motion passed unanimously

Agenda Item 11.Discussion and possible action to allow inspectors to remove or replace the agency logo on the inspection report form.

COMMITTEE ACTION:

A motion was made by Mr. Phillips, seconded by Mr. Willimason to recomend the Commision propse a rule to allow inspectors to remove or replace the agency logo on the inspection form.

The motion passed unanimously.

Agenda Iten 12. Request for future meeting agenda items.

No items were requested.

Agenda Item 13. Discussion of future meeting dates.

COMMITTEE ACTION: The Committee scehduled its next meeting for Monday, October 15th at 10 am.

Agenda Item 14. Adjourn.

The chair adjounred the meeting at 12:00 pm.