Real Estate Commission

Agency rules, the Commission may establish by rule minimum service standards for a real estate broker who enters into an exclusive agency relationship to represent a party to a real estate transaction if the rule does not exceed the rule-making authority

Advisory board permitted to meet by telephone conference call under the Open Meetings Act, whether the Real Estate Inspector Committee constitutes

Insurance policies are contracts|Liability insurance that real estate inspectors are required to carry|General liability insurance|Incompetence|Professional liability insurance

Real Estate Commission has no authority to take disciplinary action against an inspector who has not accepted employment to perform an inspection for a buyer or seller|Defining the term "buyer" and "seller" is necessary to determine whether a person constitutes a buyer or seller of real property for which a real estate inspector has accepted employment and is for the Real Estate Commission to define in the first instance|Commission has no authority to take disciplinary action against an inspector who has not accepted employment to perform an inspection for a buyer or seller|Real Estate Commission has no authority to take disciplinary action against an inspector who has not accepted employment to perform an inspection for a buyer or seller\r\n

Social security number, licensing agencies' authority to refuse to renew license by reason of licensee's failure to disclose|Privacy Act of 1974, whether failure to disclose social security number authorizes state agency to refuse license renewal|Social security number, whether Real Estate Commission may refuse to renew license because of licensee's failure to disclose|Renewal of license, whether Commission may refuse by virtue of licensee's failure to disclose social security number

Service contracts governed by article 9034, Revised Civil Statutes, persons offering must be registered with the Department|Residential service contracts governed by article 6573b, Revised Civil Statutes, person offering must be licensed with the Commission|Residential service contracts|Service contracts|Service contracts governed by article 9034, Revised Civil Statutes, persons offering must be registered with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation|Residential service contracts governed by article 6573b, Revised Civil Statutes, persons offering must be licensed with the Texas Real Estate Commission

Occupations Code chapter 1102’s express authorization for a real estate inspector to provide an opinion on real estate’s “plumbing systems” likely includes a camera inspection; thus, to the extent the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners’ rule requires a real estate inspector to get a plumber’s license to perform a job that is within the scope of the real estate inspector’s license, a court would most likely consider the rule invalid.

Considering the requirement of a license under Occupations Code chapter 1101 for persons engaged in transactions involving wind leases.