1. (a) Associate auctioneers must be employed by, and under the direct on-premises supervision of a licensed Texas auctioneer. An associate auctioneer shall offer his services only to a Texas licensed auctioneer. There must be a legitimate employee-employer relationship between the associate and the licensed auctioneer.
2. (b) An associate auctioneer must participate in all aspects of the auction business involving the laws of this state. He must bid-call in at least five auctions, and he must participate in, but not have sole responsibility for, each of the following tasks at least once: appraising, inventorying, advertising, property make ready, site selection and preparation, lotting, registration, clerking, cashiering, bid-calling, ring working, property check out, security, accounting, managing an escrow account.
3. (c) Any change of employment by a licensed associate auctioneer must be submitted to the department's Austin office prior to such action, and a letter must be submitted by the former employer stating the areas in which the associate auctioneer participated and the number of auction sales at which the associate participated as bid-caller.

Source Note:The provisions of this §67.21 adopted to be effective April 17, 1992, 17 TexReg 2393; amended to be effective June 1, 1993, 18 TexReg 3241.