Bill Text: TX HB1164 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1164 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to enforcement actions by the Texas Board of Professional Engineers against political subdivisions and certain public officials.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-04-27 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1164 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1164-Introduced.html

	82R1074 JAM-D

	By: Keffer	H.B. No. 1164



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to enforcement actions by the Texas Board of Professional
	Engineers against political subdivisions and certain public
	officials.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 1001.501, Occupations Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 1001.501. IMPOSITION OF ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY. (a)
	Except as provided by Subsection (b), the [~~The~~] board may impose an
	administrative penalty on a person who violates this chapter or a
	rule adopted or order issued under this chapter.
	(b) The board may not impose an administrative penalty for a
	violation of this chapter on:
	(1) a political subdivision of the state; or
	(2) a public official or employee of the state or of a
	political subdivision of the state who is not licensed under this
	chapter.
	SECTION 2. Subchapter L, Chapter 1001, Occupations Code, is
	amended by adding Section 1001.5531 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1001.5531. ENFORCEMENT ACTION PROHIBITED AGAINST
	POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS AND CERTAIN PUBLIC OFFICIALS.
	Notwithstanding any other provision, the board may not take any
	enforcement action for a violation of this chapter against:
	(1) a political subdivision of the state; or
	(2) a public official or employee of the state or of a
	political subdivision of the state who is not licensed under this
	chapter.
	SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
	only to an administrative penalty assessed on or after the
	effective date of this Act. An administrative penalty assessed
	before the effective date of this Act is subject to the law in
	effect immediately before that date, and that law is continued in
	effect for that purpose.
	(b) Section 1001.5531, Occupations Code, as added by this
	Act, applies only to a violation for which an enforcement action is
	commenced on or after the effective date of this Act, regardless of
	when the violation occurred. An action commenced before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect
	immediately before that date, and that law is continued in effect
	for that purpose.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.