Bill Text: TX HB965 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to continuing education requirements for persons holding licenses issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-28 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB965 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB965-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 965 | ||
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| relating to continuing education requirements for persons holding | ||
| licenses issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 37.008, Water Code, is amended by | ||
| amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (c) The commission may recognize, prepare, or administer | ||
| continuing education programs for license holders, including | ||
| continuing education programs made available through the Internet. | ||
| (d) The commission by rule shall provide a method for a | ||
| person who holds a license prescribed by Section 26.0301 of this | ||
| code or Section 341.033 or 341.034, Health and Safety Code, to | ||
| certify at the time the license is renewed that the license holder | ||
| has complied with the commission's continuing education | ||
| requirements. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2011, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules implementing | ||
| Section 37.008(d), Water Code, as added by this Act. The rules must | ||
| provide a method by which the holder of a Class A or Class B public | ||
| water system operator or domestic wastewater treatment facility | ||
| operator license may certify the holder's compliance with | ||
| continuing education requirements. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 965 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 7, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 965 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 12, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
