Texas Comptroller Manual of Accounts - Fiscal 2014
Revenue Object 3175 – Professional Fees – Real Estate

Real estate brokers and salespersons fees
TEX. OCC. CODE ANN. 1101.152:
(1) Original, renewal application or annual certification for individual real estate broker license.

(2) Original, renewal application or annual certification of a real estate salesperson.

(3) Examination Fee.

(4) License for each branch office.

(5) Request for change of place of business, name or sponsoring broker or return to active status.

(6) Duplicate license.

(7) Application for approval of a real estate education program and operation of a real estate school.

(8) Transcript evaluation.

(9) A fee for preparing a license or registration history.

(10) Fee for filing an application for a moral character determination and conducting a criminal history check.

(11) Application for approval of course of study, provider or instructor of real estate continuing education courses.

1101.457
(12) Fee for deferral of continuing education.

1101.154
(13) Additional $20 fee to be sent to the Texas Real Estate Research Center, Texas A&M University on every broker, salesperson license or certificate registration.

1101.603
(14) Additional $10 fee for each broker, salesperson, and registrant license for deposit to the Real Estate Recovery Fund 0971 (outside the state treasury). If the commission determines the fund balance is insufficient, it may levy an additional fee up to $10 to obtain a $1.7 million balance.

Inspector fees
TEX. OCC. CODE ANN. 1102.251:
(15) Application and renewal for apprentice inspector license.

(16) Application and renewal for real estate inspector.

(17) Application and renewal for professional inspector license.

(18) Inspector change of place of business information.

(19) Inspector replacement license.

(20) Request for name change, return to actual status or change in sponsoring professional inspector.

(21) Inspector license examination fee.

1102.352
(22) Additional inspector license fee of $200 for deposit to Real Estate Inspection Recovery Fund 0988 (outside the state treasury). The commission may charge each inspector an additional $75 if the fund balance falls below $300,000.

Appraiser fees
TEX. OCC. CODE ANN. 1103.156:
(23) Appraiser application for license/certification and annual renewal fee.

(24) Appraiser examination fee.

(25) Appraiser trainee application and renewal fee.

(26) Non-resident appraiser registration fee.

(27) Appraiser registry fee up to the amount required by the Appraisal Subcommittee.

(28) Appraiser return to active status.

1103.209
(29) Fee and form for reciprocity submitted by appraiser from another state must be comparable that required by certifying state.

1103.212
(30) Appraiser extension to complete continuing education.

Other fees
1101.451 and 1103.2111
(31) The renewal fee for a license expired 90 days or less is 1.5 times the regular renewal fee. For a license , the licensee must pay a fee equal to 1-1/2 times required renewal fee; if expired more than 90 days but less than 1 year, 2 times the  renewal fee.

1101.702 and 1103.552
(32) Commission may charge administrative penalties up to $5,000 per violation (collected under Revenue Object 3770).

Fees due before acting as a salesperson, broker, registrant or inspector. Annual certificate fees due in September, October, and November of each calendar year. Inspector licenses expire one year from date of issue. Application is active for one year. If applicant does not pass exam before first anniversary, must submit new application and pay appropriate fees.

S.B. 718, 68th Leg., R.S. amended (1) - (3).

S.B. 1256, 71st Leg., R.S. added (23) and (24).

S.B. 432, 72nd Leg. R.S. added (15) - (19), (21) and (22).

H.B. 270, 72nd Leg., R.S. repealed (23) and (24) as added by S.B 1256, 71st Leg., R.S., but added (23) and (24) fees back into statute along with (25) - (27).

H.B. 991, 73rd Leg., R.S. added (9) and (10). Amended (4) - (7), (15) - (18) and (21).

H.B. 2644, 73rd Leg., R.S. added (29).

H.B. 1205, 74th Leg., R.S. added (13).

S.B. 634, 74th Leg., R.S. amended (27).

H.B. 1508, 78th Leg., R.S. added (11). Amended (2) and (9).

S.B. 1013, 78th Leg., R.S. added (30).

H.B. 695, 77th Leg., R.S. added (20). Amended (3) and (8).

H.B. 1530 80th Leg., R.S. amended (1) - (10).

S.B. 914, 80th Leg., R.S. amended (12)

H.B. 61, 70th Leg., 2nd C.S. created a temporary $110 fee increase for fiscal 1988 and 1989 which has expired (see revenue code 3185).

H.B. 11, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S. created an additional $200 fee increase (see revenue code 3171).