{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1101.358","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.358","heading":"SALES AGENT LICENSE: EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS.","body":"(a) An applicant for a sales agent license must provide to the commission satisfactory evidence that the applicant has successfully completed at least 12 semester hours, or equivalent classroom hours, of qualifying real estate courses required by commission rule.\n(b) The commission shall waive the education requirements of Subsection (a) if the applicant has been licensed in this state as a broker or sales agent within the six months preceding the date the application is filed.\n(c) If an applicant for a sales agent license was licensed as a sales agent within the six months preceding the date the application is filed and the license was issued under the conditions prescribed by Section 1101.454, the commission shall require the applicant to provide the evidence of successful completion of education requirements that would have been required if the license had been maintained without interruption during the preceding six months.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.152(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 825 (S.B. 810), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1064 (S.B. 747), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1158 (S.B. 699), Sec. 37, eff. January 1, 2016.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 94 (S.B. 1577), Sec. 11, eff. January 1, 2024.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (S.B. 1968), Sec. 6, eff. January 1, 2026.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 7. PRACTICES AND PROFESSIONS RELATED TO REAL PROPERTY AND HOUSING","SUBTITLE A. PROFESSIONS RELATED TO REAL ESTATE","CHAPTER 1101. REAL ESTATE BROKERS AND SALES AGENTS","SUBCHAPTER H. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1101.htm#1101.358","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"80dca9e808ca87078ea148e952b5fe4cf445a2606c291ed54076658be6b97ee1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1101.356","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1101.359"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}