Bill Text: TX HB3243 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the duties of the structural pest control advisory committee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3243 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3243-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3243 |
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relating to the duties of the structural pest control advisory | ||
committee. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1951.104, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1951.104. DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. (a) The committee | ||
shall: | ||
(1) gather and provide information relating to the | ||
practice of structural pest control at the request of the | ||
department or the commissioner; and | ||
(2) advise the department and the commissioner on: | ||
(A) the education and curricula requirements for | ||
applicants; | ||
(B) the content of examinations under this | ||
chapter; | ||
(C) proposed rules and standards on technical | ||
issues related to structural pest control and rules related to | ||
enforcement; | ||
(D) standards and criteria for the issuance of | ||
licenses under this chapter; | ||
(E) fees for license applications and | ||
examinations under this chapter; and | ||
(F) other issues affecting the practice of | ||
structural pest control. | ||
(b) Before the department proposes a rule for adoption, the | ||
department must submit the proposed rule to the committee to | ||
provide advice as described by Subsection (a)(2)(C). The committee | ||
shall: | ||
(1) vote on whether to recommend that the rule be | ||
proposed for adoption; and | ||
(2) provide the recommendation under Subdivision (1) | ||
to the department not later than the 60th day after the date the | ||
proposed rule was submitted to the committee for review. | ||
(c) For the purpose of advising the department on rules | ||
related to enforcement under Subsection (a), on request of the | ||
presiding officer of the committee, the department shall allow the | ||
committee to review a completed disciplinary investigation file. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1951.105, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | ||
follows: | ||
(b) The committee shall: | ||
(1) at the first meeting of each year, elect from the | ||
committee's members a presiding officer and an assistant presiding | ||
officer to serve a term of one year; | ||
(2) meet quarterly; | ||
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(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must provide that | ||
the presiding officer of the committee: | ||
(1) is responsible for setting an agenda for each | ||
committee meeting; and | ||
(2) may add an item to an agenda on request by the | ||
department or commissioner. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3243 was passed by the House on May 9, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3243 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |