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1		-	By: Anderson of McLennan (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3243
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
3		-	May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
4		-	Commerce; May 21, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
5		-	Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the duties of the structural pest control advisory
12	6		committee.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Section 1951.104, Occupations Code, is amended
15	9		to read as follows:
16	10		Sec. 1951.104. DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. (a) The committee
17	11		shall:
18	12		(1) gather and provide information relating to the
19	13		practice of structural pest control at the request of the
20	14		department or the commissioner; and
21	15		(2) advise the department and the commissioner on:
22	16		(A) the education and curricula requirements for
23	17		applicants;
24	18		(B) the content of examinations under this
25	19		chapter;
26	20		(C) proposed rules and standards on technical
27	21		issues related to structural pest control and rules related to
28	22		enforcement;
29	23		(D) standards and criteria for the issuance of
30	24		licenses under this chapter;
31	25		(E) fees for license applications and
32	26		examinations under this chapter; and
33	27		(F) other issues affecting the practice of
34	28		structural pest control.
35	29		(b) Before the department proposes a rule for adoption, the
36	30		department must submit the proposed rule to the committee to
37	31		provide advice as described by Subsection (a)(2)(C). The committee
38	32		shall:
39	33		(1) vote on whether to recommend that the rule be
40	34		proposed for adoption; and
41	35		(2) provide the recommendation under Subdivision (1)
42	36		to the department not later than the 60th day after the date the
43	37		proposed rule was submitted to the committee for review.
44	38		(c) For the purpose of advising the department on rules
45	39		related to enforcement under Subsection (a), on request of the
46	40		presiding officer of the committee, the department shall allow the
47	41		committee to review a completed disciplinary investigation file.
48	42		SECTION 2. Section 1951.105, Occupations Code, is amended
49	43		by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
50	44		follows:
51	45		(b) The committee shall:
52	46		(1) at the first meeting of each year, elect from the
53	47		committee's members a presiding officer and an assistant presiding
54	48		officer to serve a term of one year;
55	49		(2) meet quarterly;
56	50		(3) [(2)] operate under Robert's Rules of Order; and
57	51		(4) [(3)] record the minutes of each meeting.
58	52		(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must provide that
59	53		the presiding officer of the committee:
60	54		(1) is responsible for setting an agenda for each
61	55		committee meeting; and
62	56		(2) may add an item to an agenda on request by the
63	57		department or commissioner.
64	58		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	59	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	60	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	61	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3243 was passed by the House on May 9,
	62	+	2017, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	63	+	voting.
	64	+	______________________________
	65	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	66	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3243 was passed by the Senate on May
	67	+	24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	68	+	______________________________
	69	+	Secretary of the Senate
	70	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	71	+	Date
	72	+	_____________________
	73	+	Governor