82R9567 JAM-D
By: Otto H.B. No. 2522
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the ability of certain state agencies to seek
injunctions against certain individuals.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by adding
Chapter 60 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 60. CONFLICTS BETWEEN CERTAIN LICENSING AUTHORITIES
Sec. 60.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "licensing
authority" means a department, commission, board, office, or other
agency of the state that issues an occupational license for a person
to provide services within the scope of the practice, as defined by
state law, of architecture, land surveying, or professional
engineering.
Sec. 60.002. CERTAIN INJUNCTIONS PROHIBITED. A licensing
authority may not institute an action to enjoin a person licensed by
another licensing authority from engaging in certain conduct if
that conduct has been determined by the licensing authority that
issued the license to be lawful and within the scope of practice
authorized by the person's license.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.