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(1) two homes for applicants that registered fewer than 40
homes in the preceding twelve months; or
(2) five percent of the number of homes registered for
applicants that registered 40 or more homes in the preceding twelve
months.
(i) Application. Applicants must submit a completed commis-
sion-prescribed application form and credible documentation support-
ing the information supplied in the application for each applicant seek-
ing membership or renewal [in the Texas Star Builder Program].
(1) An applicant may submit an application for member-
ship [in the Texas Star Builder Program] only once during a Program
Year.
(2) For each applicant seeking membership under this sec-
tion, the commission shall publish a notice of application in the Texas
Register, in a local newspaper of general circulation serving the geo-
graphical area in which the applicant maintains its designated address
as provided pursuant to 303.13 of this chapter, and on the commission
website.
(A) The commission shall accept written public com-
ment on each application submitted to the commission for a period of
twenty-one days following the date of publication of the notice.
(B) The commission will consider comments received
in response to published notices of application in the approval process.
(3) Applicants shall respond to inquiries from the commis-
sion for further information regarding an application for membership
or renewal of membership. Failure to respond [within 45 days] to a
request for information shall result in the administrative withdrawal of
the application.
(4) The commission shall issue a Texas Star Builder certifi-
cate of membership to each applicant approved for membership [in the
Texas Star Builder Program] not later than twenty-one days following
the expiration of the comment period under this section.
(5) Failure to submit all requested documentation within
fifteen days of notice of an incomplete application will result in the
administrative withdrawal of the application.
(6) [{5}] A Texas Star Builder certificate of membership
shall be effective for one Program Year unless revoked. For the initial
year of membership, the hours of continuing education and the number
of homes registered for purpose of compliance with selected construc-
tion practices will be prorated based on the quarter in which the appli-
cation is approved for applications approved after September 30 of a
Program Year. For purposes of this subsection, the Program Year will
be prorated by quarters for periods from October through December,
January through March, and April through June. [a two-year term of
membership to expire at the end of the eeend Program Year of mem-
bership from the date of issuance unless revoked, without pmrating
any portion of a Program Year in which the membership is not yet ap-
proved.]
(j) Continuing education. [Beginning fuly 4, 2006]
(1) All [all] members shall complete at least 16 hours of
continuing education per Program Year, except as provided in subsec-
tion (h) of this section for the initial year of membership. A member
may not submit for credit a continuing education course with the same
course content as one that has been previously submitted for credit by
the same member [eannet be repeated for credit].
(2) Each member shall comply with the continuing educa-
tion requirements for builders and remodelers set forth in 303.20 of
this chapter, in addition to the requirements of this section.(3) Continuing education courses that satisfy the require-
ments for continuing education under 303.20(c) of this chapter may
be counted towards the continuing education requirements of this sec-
tion.
(4) [(] For purposes of this requirement:
(A) any individual member must maintain the continu-
ing education requirement;
(B) any member that is a business entity that registered
fewer than 40 homes in the preceding twelve months, shall require at
least one officer of the member to maintain the continuing education
requirement; [er]
(C) any member that is a business entity, that registered
between 40 - 100 [morethan40] homes in the preceding twelve months,
shall require that:
(i) one officer of the member [maintains the contin-
uing education requirement;] and
(ii) one responsible party or [for every 40 homes
registered ] one employee of the member who is involved in on-site
construction activities [shall also] maintain the continuing education
requirement; and[.]
(D) any member that is a business entity that registered
between more than 100 homes in the preceding twelve months shall
require that:
(i) one officer of the member and
(ii) one responsible party or one employee of the
member who is involved in on-site construction activities; and
(iii) for every 50 homes registered over 100, one em-
ployee of the member who is involved in on-site construction activities
maintain the continuing education requirement.
(E) Evidence of completion of the continuing education
requirements of this section must be submitted with each renewal ap-
plication.
f(4D B ;giti mg J'uy 4, 206 and each Program Year
thereafter, members mast submit evidence no later than une 30 of
each Program Year that they have eempleted the continuing education
requements of this section during the preedng 2 months Prof
of continuing education must be submitted to the commission with a
mpleted Texas. Star Builder l.e. continuing education form and process-
ing fee.
(5) [(E)] Approved Continuing Education Courses or Pro-
grams.
(A) [(i)] The commission [Executive Direeitor] shall re-
view all courses or programs submitted and shall approve those suffi-
cient to [that] satisfy the continuing education requirement, consider-
ing[. The Executive Diree t r shall consider in the approval process of a
.propoe training program,] the objective and purpose of the program,
the content and subject matter of each course and the qualifications of
the presenters.
(B) Any person who wishes to sponsor a course or train-
ing program for continuing education purposes under this section must
submit a written request on a commission-prescribed form with a de-
tailed course agenda, a written course description and resume or bio-
graphical information of each speaker or presenter to the commission
for approval, not later than thirty days prior to the proposed event.
(C) Upon receipt of complete request for approval of
a continuing education course or credit, including all information re-32 TexReg 7822 November 2, 2007 Texas Register
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