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AUCTIONEER ADVISORY BOARD Meeting of December 14, 2015 North Campus Building, 1st Floor Public Meeting Room 1106 Clayton Lane - Austin, Texas

Summary of Minutes

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item B., Roll Call, Certification of Quorum, and Introductions. Board Members present were Presiding Officer Jim Sample, Norman Seaton, John Swofford, Joel Lemley, Douglas Oldmixon and Shelley Weidner. A quorum was seated.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item C., Approval of minutes – Meeting of October 9, 2015.

Board member, Norman Seaton, seconded by Joel Lemley, made a motion to accept the minutes as presented. The motion passed with a unanimous vote in favor.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to Agenda Item D., Public Comment. There were no public comments.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item E., Staff Reports: Executive Office. Brian Francis, Deputy Executive Director, presented the Executive Office Staff Report on the new programs, new advisory boards, and agency new hires; Bill Implementation timeline and FAQ’s and agency re-organization.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item E2., Education and Examination Division. Kim Whitt, Education Team Leader, provided the Education and Examination report and answered questions from the Board members.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item E3., Enforcement Division. Charlotte Melder, Lead Enforcement Prosecutor, provided the case of note, statistics and updates for the Enforcement Division and answered questions from the Board.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item E4., Financial Services Division. Jerry Daniels, Director of Financial Services presented the staff report on the status of the Auctioneer Education and Recovery fund and informed the Board of license fees being reduced and answered questions from the Board.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item E5., Licensing Division. Lisa Houdek, Licensing Team Leader, provided Licensing statistics and program updates and answers questions from the Board.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item F., Discussion and possible recommendation regarding proposed rule amendments to 16 Texas Administrative Code,

of 2 Chapter 67, §§67.20, 67.21, 67.25, 67.30, 67.65, and 67.80, the proposed repeal of §67.70, and proposed new rules §§67.70, 67.71 and 67.72, to implement House Bill 2481, 84th Legislature, relating to the licensing and regulation of auctioneers and associate auctioneers. Della Lindquist, Deputy General Counsel presented the changes to the proposed amendments to the rules and informs the Board that two comments were received. She went through each section and answered questions from the Board Members.

Board Member, Norman Seaton, seconded by John Swofford, made a motion to approve the rules as presented with changes and recommend that they be presented to the Commission. Motion passed with a unanimous vote in favor.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item G., Discussion of internet bidding and transfer of funds as it relates to auctioneering in Texas. Board Member Joel Lemley presented an explanation of internet bidding. There are four platforms of internet bidding: time bids; Live web casting of internet bidding; Catalogue Auctions and Tender Bids. The Board heard public comment from Lance Swagart regarding on-line bidding. The Board engaged in discussion regarding the online bidding process.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item H., Recommendations for agenda items for next meeting. No Item requested

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item I., Discussion of date, time, and location of next Board meeting. No date set at this time.

Presiding Officer, Jim Sample, moved to agenda item J., Adjournment.

Board Member, Norman Seaton, seconded by Joel Lemley, made a motion to adjourn the meeting. The motion passed with a unanimous vote in favor. Presiding Officer Jim Sample adjourned the meeting at 10:35 a.m.

______John Swofford, Presiding Officer Auctioneer Advisory Board