Bill Text: TX HB1757 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-04 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB1757 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1757-Introduced.html

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83R8701 BEF-F
By: Stephenson H.B. No. 1757

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Texas State Board of Public
Accountancy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 901.051(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy consists of
15 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of
the senate as follows:
(1) 10 certified public accountant members:
(A) two [, at least eight] of whom are, on the
date of appointment, [:
[(A) a] sole practitioners; and [practitioner;
or]
(B) eight of whom are, on the date of
appointment, owners or employees [an owner or employee] of [a]
certified public accountancy firms [firm]; and
(2) five public members who are not:
(A) licensed under this chapter; or
(B) financially involved in an organization
subject to board regulation.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
901.051(a), Occupations Code, applies only to a person appointed or
reappointed to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy on or
after the effective date of this Act. A member serving on the board
on the effective date of this Act is entitled to serve the remainder
of the member's current term regardless of whether the member meets
the requirements of Section 901.051(a), Occupations Code, as
amended by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.