SECTION 159.52. Fees

(a) The Board will charge and the Executive Director will collect the following fees:

(1) a fee of $3,300 for an application for a two-year registration;

(2) a fee of $3,000 for a timely renewal of a two-year registration;

(3) a fee equal to 1-1/2 times the timely renewal fee for the late renewal of a registration within 90 days of expiration; a fee equal to two times the timely renewal fee for the late renewal of a registration more than 90 days but less than six months after expiration;

(4) the national registry fee in the amount charged by the Appraisal Subcommittee for the AMC registry;

(5) a fee of $500 for untimely payment of the AMC national registry fee;

(6) a fee of $10 for each appraiser on a panel at the time of renewal of a registration;

(7) a fee of $5 to add an appraiser to a panel in the Board's records;

(8) a fee of $5 for the termination of an appraiser from a panel;

(9) a fee of $50 to return to active status;

(10) a fee of $50 for evaluation of an owner or primary contact's background history not submitted with an original application or renewal;

(11) any fee required by the Department of Information Resources for establishing and maintaining online applications or as a subscription or convenience fee for use of an online payment system; and

(12) a fee in the amount necessary to administer section 1104.052(c) of the AMC Act.

(b) Fees must be submitted in U.S. funds payable to the order of the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board. Fees are not refundable once an application has been accepted for filing. Persons who have submitted a payment that has been dishonored, and who have not made good on that payment within 30 days, for whatever reason, must submit all replacement fees in the form of a cashier's check, money order, or online credit card payment.

(c) AMCs registered with the Board must pay any annual registry fee as required under federal law. All registry fees collected by the Board will be deposited to the credit of the appraiser registry account in the general revenue fund. The Board will send the fees to the Appraisal Subcommittee as required by federal law.

Source Note: The provisions of this §159.52 adopted to be effective March 5, 2012, 37 TexReg 483; amended to be effective December 22, 2013, 38 TexReg 9050; amended to be effective December 14, 2014, 39 TexReg 9668; amended to be effective January 1, 2017, 41 TexReg 9707; amended to be effective December 10, 2017, 42 TexReg 6926; amended to be effective January 1, 2020, 44 TexReg 7538; amended to be effective December 25, 2022, 47 TexReg 8272; amended to be effective December 3, 2023, 48 TexReg 6905