Bill Text: TX HB3877 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to repealing consent towing operator licenses.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-31 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB3877 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB3877-Introduced.html

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85R12860 BEE-D
By: Goldman H.B. No. 3877

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to repealing consent towing operator licenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2303.1016(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of a
dual license for a person who is a vehicle storage facility employee
and towing operator. The department shall issue the license to an
applicant who:
(1) meets the requirements established under:
(A) Section 2303.1015;
(B) Section 2308.153 or [,] 2308.154 [, or
2308.155]; and
(C) any applicable rules adopted under this
subchapter or Subchapter D, Chapter 2308; and
(2) submits to the department:
(A) an application on a department-approved
form; and
(B) the required license fee.
SECTION 2. Section 2308.1521(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of a
dual license for a person who is a vehicle storage facility employee
and towing operator. The department shall issue the license to an
applicant who:
(1) meets the requirements established under:
(A) Section 2308.153 or [,] 2308.154 [, or
2308.155];
(B) Section 2303.1015; and
(C) any applicable rules adopted under this
subchapter or Subchapter C, Chapter 2303; and
(2) submits to the department:
(A) an application on a department-approved
form; and
(B) the required license fee.
SECTION 3. Section 2308.1551(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an applicant for a
license under Section 2308.153 may be supervised by an operator who
holds a license issued under Section 2308.153 or [,] 2308.154 [, or
2308.155].
SECTION 4. Section 2308.155, Occupations Code, is repealed.
SECTION 5. On the effective date of this Act, a license
issued under a law that is repealed by this Act expires.
SECTION 6. (a) The change in law made by this Act does not
affect the validity of a proceeding pending before a court or other
governmental entity on the effective date of this Act.
(b) An offense or other violation of law committed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
the offense or violation was committed, and the former law is
continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
subsection, an offense or violation was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or
violation occurred before that date.
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.