Bill Text: TX HB2494 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the licensing and regulation of associate auctioneers; amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; requiring an occupational license.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-04 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB2494 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2494-Comm_Sub.html
84R11055 EES-D | ||
By: Ashby, Clardy, King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 2494 |
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relating to the licensing and regulation of associate auctioneers; | ||
amending provisions subject to a criminal penalty; requiring an | ||
occupational license. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1802.001, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subdivision (2) to read as follows: | ||
(2) "Associate auctioneer" means an individual who, | ||
for compensation, is employed by and under the direct supervision | ||
of a licensed auctioneer to sell or offer to sell property at an | ||
auction. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1802.051(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person may not act as an auctioneer or associate | ||
auctioneer of real or personal property in this state unless the | ||
person holds a license issued by the executive director under this | ||
chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 1802, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1802.053 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1802.053. ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSOCIATE AUCTIONEER | ||
LICENSE. An individual is eligible for an associate auctioneer | ||
license if the individual is: | ||
(1) a citizen of the United States or a legal alien; | ||
and | ||
(2) employed under the direct supervision of an | ||
auctioneer licensed under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 4. Not later than March 1, 2016, the Texas | ||
Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules necessary | ||
to implement the changes in law made by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. (a) Notwithstanding Chapter 1802, Occupations | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, a person is not required to hold a | ||
license under that chapter to act as an associate auctioneer until | ||
March 1, 2016. | ||
(b) An individual who was licensed by the Texas Department | ||
of Licensing and Regulation as an associate auctioneer on or before | ||
June 14, 2013, may apply the individual's work experience | ||
participating in auctions as an associate auctioneer on or before | ||
June 14, 2013, toward the individual's eligibility for an | ||
auctioneer's license under Chapter 1802, Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |