I got this email from TAREI yesterday.
Dear TAREI Member,

As you all know by now, the legislative session is over and SB914 is on
Governor Perry's desk for signature. This Bill will make liability
insurance mandatory for all inspectors. The term "liability" is being
reviewed by the Attorney General's office and a determination of its
definition will be available to TREC soon. Until then, the TREC
Commissioners have passed a motion to define "liability" as Professional
Liability (Errors and Omissions) for inspectors. If your license renews
between now and September 1, 2007, you will be required to show proof of E&O coverage. We will keep everyone updated on the Attorney General's response.

Your TAREI Board of Directors has been in contact with several E&O providers
and are negotiating rates and coverage for our members. We are hoping to
the carrier we choose will provide payment options as well as per
transaction options. Initial proposals look promising and we are hoping to
choose the best proposal VERY soon. Again, we will keep everyone updated.

If you are a member of your local chapter, an email was released last week
regarding possible action with the Attorney General's office. The email
indicated that there is a possible option in which TAREI would request the
services of an attorney to communicate with the Attorney General's office.
Upon such requests being accepted, the said attorney would ask for a
temporary restraining order against the language regarding "liability
insurance". We are continuing to receive feedback from our members and
will proceed accordingly.

We will be hosting a Roundtable Discussion at the 2007 Summer Conference.
The topic will be "Changes in Insurance Coverage for Inspectors". If you
have any concerns or questions, please attend! If you do not plan to attend
the conference but would like to attend the Roundtable Discussion, please
email me at andrea@tarei.com.

Please understand that this amendment blindsided all parties, including
TAREI and TREC. It was presented at the 11th hour and TAREI did everything
to let our members know so that they may react appropriately. To clarify
any rumors that may be circulating, our current lobbyist, Bill Siebert, did
a tremendous job of letting us know what was going on at the Capital. It
was our previous lobbyist who brought the amendment to Representative McCall who then brought it to Senator Shapleigh's office.

If you have any questions regarding this update, please email
andrea@tarei.com and I will forward to the Board of Directors.

Regards,

Andrea Barnard

So what these arrogant crooks at TREC take it upon themselves to do is require any Inspector who's license renews before the effect of the law; to have the Insurance in effect before the law is in effect.

I could see saying, "renew in July and have the insurance in effect by Sept 1." That is reasonable. What they are doing is not. What a bunch of arrogant jackasses.

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