TREC Broker Responsibility Working Group
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Agenda Item 1 Call to Order
ACTION: Chair Brown called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m.
Members present: Chance Brown, Bob Baker, Socar Chatmon-Thomas, Holly Hightower, Yazmin Perez, Bill Roth, Pam Titzell, Ty Williams
Member absent: Brian Sales
Commission liaisons present: Leslie Lerner, Jan Fite Miller, Barbara Russell
Commissioners present: DeLora Wilkinson
Agenda Item 2 Welcome and Housekeeping
Agenda Item 3 Public comment, including any written public comment received, on non-agenda items
No comments were received.
The committee took a break at 11:02 a.m.
Chair Brown reconvened the meeting at 11:12 a.m.
Agenda Item 4 Update regarding outreach
Update given by General Counsel Burgess
Agenda Item 5 Discussion and possible action regarding 22 TAC §531.20, Information About Brokerage Services Notice
No action taken.
Agenda Item 6 Update and possible recommendation regarding the following:
a. Calculation of active experience points under 22 TAC §535.56, Education and Experience Requirements for a Broker License
b. Simplification of Supplement A and corresponding changes to Supplement B
ACTION: Socar Chatmon-Thomas, seconded by Ty Williams, moved to send the proposed forms to the full Commission at the November 8, 2021, Commission meeting, for possible proposal with the changes discussed. The motion was adopted by unainimous vote.
Agenda Item 7 Discussion and possible action in response to public comment previously received regarding license holders engaged in property management activity and related enforcement statistics
Comment: Lee Warren
ACTION: The working group directed staff to provide a copy of the potential rules which were previously drafted for review and to discuss ways to bring this issue to the full Commission in the future.
Agenda Item 8 Discussion and possible action regarding future agenda items and meeting dates
• Suggested meeting date: Wednesday, January 12, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
• Alternate dates: Tuesday, January 11, 2022; Thursday, January 13, 2022
Holly Hightower and Commissioner Lerner requested mentorship for new agents to be added to the next agenda. The next meeting is scheduled for Wenesday, January 12, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
Agenda Item 9 Adjourn
ACTION: The meeting was adjourned at 12:20 p.m.