By: Anderson of McLennan (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 3243
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2017;
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 21, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 21, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the duties of the structural pest control advisory
committee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1951.104, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1951.104. DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. (a) The committee
shall:
(1) gather and provide information relating to the
practice of structural pest control at the request of the
department or the commissioner; and
(2) advise the department and the commissioner on:
(A) the education and curricula requirements for
applicants;
(B) the content of examinations under this
chapter;
(C) proposed rules and standards on technical
issues related to structural pest control and rules related to
enforcement;
(D) standards and criteria for the issuance of
licenses under this chapter;
(E) fees for license applications and
examinations under this chapter; and
(F) other issues affecting the practice of
structural pest control.
(b) Before the department proposes a rule for adoption, the
department must submit the proposed rule to the committee to
provide advice as described by Subsection (a)(2)(C). The committee
shall:
(1) vote on whether to recommend that the rule be
proposed for adoption; and
(2) provide the recommendation under Subdivision (1)
to the department not later than the 60th day after the date the
proposed rule was submitted to the committee for review.
(c) For the purpose of advising the department on rules
related to enforcement under Subsection (a), on request of the
presiding officer of the committee, the department shall allow the
committee to review a completed disciplinary investigation file.
SECTION 2. Section 1951.105, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) The committee shall:
(1) at the first meeting of each year, elect from the
committee's members a presiding officer and an assistant presiding
officer to serve a term of one year;
(2) meet quarterly;
(3) [(2)] operate under Robert's Rules of Order; and
(4) [(3)] record the minutes of each meeting.
(c) The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must provide that
the presiding officer of the committee:
(1) is responsible for setting an agenda for each
committee meeting; and
(2) may add an item to an agenda on request by the
department or commissioner.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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