81R930 YDB-D
By: Pitts H.B. No. 227
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption from investigation company license
requirements for certain information technology professionals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1702.104(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), "obtaining
[obtaining] or furnishing information" [information] includes
information obtained or furnished through the review and analysis
of, and the investigation into the content of, computer-based data
not available to the public. For purposes of Subsection (a)(1),
"obtaining or furnishing information" does not include information
obtained or furnished by an information technology professional
who:
(1) is installing or repairing a person's computer
equipment for the person or is examining the cause for the required
repair; and
(2) is not performing any other act that requires a
license under this chapter.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.