83R13120 SLB-D
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 2157
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2157:
By: Smith C.S.H.B. No. 2157
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain offenses for providing services involving an
irrigation system without a license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 1903.256, Occupations
Code, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 1903.256. UNLICENSED [INSTALLATION OF] IRRIGATION
SYSTEM SERVICES [WITHOUT LICENSE]; OFFENSE.
SECTION 2. Section 1903.256, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
follows:
(a) Unless exempt under Section 1903.002, a person commits
an offense if the person sells, designs, installs, maintains,
alters, repairs, services, or provides consultation services for an
irrigation system, including the connection of an irrigation system
to a water supply, without holding a license issued by the
commission under Chapter 37, Water Code.
(a-1) Unless exempt under Section 1903.002, a person
commits an offense if the person, without holding a license issued
by the commission under Chapter 37, Water Code:
(1) advertises or offers to perform the services
described by Subsection (a); or
(2) represents to another person that the person is an
irrigator.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
covered by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.