Bill Text: TX HB1077 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the membership of the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2015-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB1077 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1077-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1077

AN ACT
relating to the membership of the Electrical Safety and Licensing
Advisory Board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1305.051(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by
the presiding officer of the commission with the approval of the
commission as follows:
(1) three master electrician members;
(2) three journeyman electrician members; [and]
(3) one master sign electrician member; and
(4) two [three] public members.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
1305.051(a), Occupations Code, regarding the qualifications for a
member of the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board do not
affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board immediately
before the effective date of this Act to continue to serve and
function as a member of the board for the remainder of the member's
term. When board vacancies occur on or after the effective date of
this Act, the presiding officer of the Texas Commission of
Licensing and Regulation shall appoint new members to the board in a
manner that reflects the changes in law made by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1077 was passed by the House on April
16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1077 was passed by the Senate on May
15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor