84R12148 TSR-D
By: Dutton H.B. No. 2613
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the suspension of occupational and driver's licenses
issued to persons who fail to pay an administrative penalty imposed
by the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Section 57.003 to read as follows:
Sec. 57.003. LICENSE SUSPENSION BY STATE AGENCY. (a) For
purposes of this section, "license," as defined by Section 57.001,
includes a driver's license.
(b) A state agency may suspend any license issued by the
agency to a person who fails to pay an administrative penalty
imposed under Chapter 651 when due.
(c) A state agency that receives notice under Section
651.556(b) shall suspend any license issued by the agency to the
person who is the subject of the notice until the state agency
receives notice from the Texas Funeral Service Commission that the
penalty imposed under Chapter 651 has been paid.
SECTION 2. Section 651.551(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The commission may assess an administrative penalty
against a person, regardless of whether the person holds a license
issued [regulated] under this chapter, if the commission determines
that the person has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under
this chapter.
SECTION 3. Section 651.556, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 651.556. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. (a) On the
commission's request, the attorney general shall bring a civil
action to recover an administrative penalty owed under this
chapter.
(b) The commission may, in addition to making a request
under Subsection (a), establish by rule a procedure to provide
notice to a state agency that a person owes an administrative
penalty under this chapter for purposes of Section 57.003.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.