The Broker Responsibility Advisory Committee (BRAC) is charged with examining experience requirements for potential substitution of education requirements to become a broker. The BRAC will review broker licensing requirements, minimum competency requirements, broker mentorship programs, and minimum service requirements.
To submit a comment to BRAC, please contact General Counsel.
After postponing consideration of proposed changes to inspector insurance requirements at their November 2017 meeting, TREC took no action on the proposed rule amendments and remanded the matter to the Real Estate Inspector Committee at the Commission’s February 2018 meeting. TREC asked the Inspector Committee to gather input from stakeholders on all consumer recovery issues and bring recommendations on potential legislative solutions to the Commission for consideration at a future Commission meeting.
The Inspector Committee met on Monday, February 26 at the agency headquarters in Austin. On the agenda was the election of officers for the upcoming year. I was reelected as the Chair of the Committee and am honored to serve again in this capacity. Lee Warren was reelected as Vice-chair and Brad Phillips was reelected as Secretary. I am committed, as I am sure all members of the Committee are, to continue to do my very best to keep the Committee moving forward and to remain open all viewpoints as we make important recommendations to the Commission.
The Commission held its regular quarterly business meeting on Monday February 12th during the Texas Association of REALTORS Winter meeting in Austin, and we offered real estate continuing education (CE) hours for attendance, so we had a number of extra license holders join us that day. The Commissioners re-elected Commissioner Arriaga as Vice-Chair and Commissioner TJ Turner as Secretary for the next 12 months.
James B. Goodwin of Austin a real estate broker and owner of JBGoodwin REALTORS®. Previously, Goodwin served as a board member and chairman of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs. Goodwin is a member of the National Association of REALTORS® and former director of the Texas REALTORS® and the Austin Board of REALTORS®. Goodwin received a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Texas at Austin.
As the next Commission meeting on Monday February 12th rapidly approaches, there are several issues that loom large and we need to emphasize. First, this is our year for both strategic planning and rule review, so we will be discussing opportunities 
to remove any identified barriers or red tape that hinders or slows the licensing process without providing clear and commensurate consumer protections.
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