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<section article="gbo" article_name="Business Occupations and Professions" number="17-409" title_number="17" title_name="Real Estate Brokers" subtitle_number="4" subtitle_name="Real Estate Guaranty Fund">
  <level label="a">
    <text>If a claim against the Guaranty Fund alleges that the act or omission giving rise to the claim was performed by a licensed real estate broker, a licensed associate real estate broker, or a licensed real estate salesperson, the Commission shall join the proceeding on the claim with any disciplinary proceeding against the licensee under this title arising from the same facts alleged in the claim.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>For that part of a hearing on consolidated proceedings that relates to disciplinary action but does not relate to the Guaranty Fund claim against a licensee, the claimant:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>may not be a party; and</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>may participate only as a witness.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>For that part of a hearing on consolidated proceedings that relates to the claim against the Guaranty Fund, the claimant is a party.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
