Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1516 Compare Versions

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1		-	S.B. No. 1516
	1	+	85R24208 TSR-F
	2	+	By: Hancock S.B. No. 1516
	3	+	(Geren)
	4	+	Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1516: No.
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	7	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	8		AN ACT
5	9		relating to the registration and regulation of appraisal management
6	10		companies; authorizing fees; expanding the applicability of an
7	11		occupational registration.
8	12		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	13		SECTION 1. Section 1104.003(b), Occupations Code, is
10	14		amended by adding Subdivision (6-a) to read as follows:
11	15		(6-a) "Federally regulated appraisal management
12	16		company" means an appraisal management company that is:
13	17		(A) owned and controlled by an insured depository
14	18		institution, as defined by 12 U.S.C. Section 1813; and
15	19		(B) regulated by:
16	20		(i) the Board of Governors of the Federal
17	21		Reserve System;
18	22		(ii) the Federal Deposit Insurance
19	23		Corporation;
20	24		(iii) the Office of the Comptroller of the
21	25		Currency; or
22	26		(iv) the successors to any of those
23	27		agencies.
24	28		SECTION 2. Section 1104.004(a), Occupations Code, is
25	29		amended to read as follows:
26	30		(a) This chapter does not apply to:
27	31		(1) a person who exclusively employs appraisers on an
28	32		employer and employee basis for the performance of appraisals;
29	33		(2) a person acting as an appraisal firm as defined by
30	34		board rule that at all times during a calendar year employs on an
31	35		exclusive basis as independent contractors not more than 15
32	36		appraisers for the performance of appraisals;
33	37		(3) a financial institution, including a department or
34	38		unit within the institution, that is regulated by an agency of this
35	39		state or the United States government;
36	40		(4) subject to Subsection (b), a person who enters
37	41		into an agreement with an appraiser for the performance of an
38	42		appraisal that on completion results in a report signed by both the
39	43		appraiser who completed the appraisal and the appraiser who
40	44		requested completion of the appraisal;
41	45		(5) an appraisal management company:
42	46		(A) operating only in this state with an
43	47		appraisal panel of not more than 15 appraisers at all times during a
44	48		calendar year; or
45	49		(B) operating in multiple states, including this
46	50		state, with an appraisal panel of not more than 24 appraisers in all
47	51		states at all times during a calendar year; [or]
48	52		(6) an appraisal management company that is a
49	53		subsidiary owned and controlled by a financial institution that is
50	54		subject to appraisal independence standards at least as stringent
51	55		as those under Section 1104.203 or the Truth in Lending Act (15
52	56		U.S.C. Section 1601 et seq.) through regulation by an agency of this
53	57		state or the United States government; or
54	58		(7) subject to Section 1104.052(c), a federally
55	59		regulated appraisal management company.
56	60		SECTION 3. Section 1104.052, Occupations Code, is amended
57	61		by amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsections (d) and
58	62		(e) to read as follows:
59	63		(b) The board shall collect from each appraisal management
60	64		company registered under this chapter the national registry fee
61	65		required by the appraisal subcommittee for each person who is on the
62	66		appraisal panel of the company and licensed or certified as an
63	67		appraiser in this state. [The board shall deposit the registry fees
64	68		to the credit of the appraiser registry account in the general
65	69		revenue fund.]
66	70		(c) Notwithstanding Section 1104.004, the board shall
67	71		collect from each federally regulated appraisal management company
68	72		operating in this state:
69	73		(1) the national registry fee required by the
70	74		appraisal subcommittee;
71	75		(2) information regarding the determination of the
72	76		national registry fee as required by the appraisal subcommittee;
73	77		(3) a fee in an amount that is sufficient for the
74	78		administration of this subsection as established by board rule; and
75	79		(4) any other information required by state or federal
76	80		law.
77	81		(d) The board shall deposit the national registry fees
78	82		collected under this section to the credit of the appraiser
79	83		registry account in the general revenue fund.
80	84		(e) The national registry fees collected under this section
81	85		[Subsection (b)] shall be sent to the appraisal subcommittee
82	86		regularly as required by federal law.
83	87		SECTION 4. Section 1104.102(a), Occupations Code, is
84	88		amended to read as follows:
85	89		(a) A person who has had a license or certificate to act as
86	90		an appraiser denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of revocation
87	91		in any state may not own in any manner [more than one percent of] an
88	92		appraisal management company registered or applying for
89	93		registration under this chapter unless:
90	94		(1) the person has subsequently had the [a] license or
91	95		certificate to act as an appraiser granted or reinstated; and
92	96		(2) the license or certificate to act as an appraiser
93	97		was denied, revoked, or surrendered for a nonsubstantive reason as
94	98		determined by the board.
95	99		SECTION 5. Sections 1104.103(b) and (c), Occupations Code,
96	100		are amended to read as follows:
97	101		(b) The application must contain:
98	102		(1) the name, business address, and telephone contact
99	103		information of the applicant [entity] seeking registration;
100	104		(2) if the applicant [entity] is not a corporation
101	105		domiciled in this state, the name and contact information for the
102	106		applicant's [company's] agent for service of process in this state;
103	107		(3) the name, address, and contact information for any
104	108		person [individual or any corporation, partnership, or other
105	109		business entity] that owns more than 10 percent of the applicant
106	110		[appraisal management company];
107	111		(4) the name, address, and contact information for at
108	112		least one controlling person;
109	113		(5) the designation of a primary contact under Section
110	114		1104.104;
111	115		(6) the name and contact information of at least one
112	116		appraiser designated by the applicant [company] to respond to and
113	117		communicate with appraisers on the applicant's [company's]
114	118		appraisal panel regarding appraisal assignments;
115	119		(7) a certification that the applicant [entity] has a
116	120		system in place to ensure compliance with Subchapter D and Section
117	121		129E of the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Section 1601 et seq.);
118	122		(8) a written irrevocable consent to service of
119	123		process; and
120	124		(9) any other information required by the board to
121	125		approve the application.
122	126		(c) The board shall adopt rules regarding registration and
123	127		the renewal of a registration under this chapter.
124	128		SECTION 6. Section 1104.104(b), Occupations Code, is
125	129		amended to read as follows:
126	130		(b) The controlling person designated under Subsection (a):
127	131		(1) must:
128	132		(A) be certified as an appraiser in at least one
129	133		state at all times during the designation; or
130	134		(B) have completed:
131	135		(i) the 15-hour national Uniform Standards
132	136		of Professional Appraisal Practice course; and
133	137		(ii) the seven-hour national Uniform
134	138		Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice update course not more
135	139		than two years before the renewal of the appraisal management
136	140		company's registration;
137	141		(2) may not have had a license or certificate to act as
138	142		an appraiser denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of revocation
139	143		in any state unless:
140	144		(A) the person has subsequently had the [a]
141	145		license or certificate to act as an appraiser granted or
142	146		reinstated; and
143	147		(B) the license or certificate to act as an
144	148		appraiser was denied, revoked, or surrendered for a nonsubstantive
145	149		reason as determined by the board;
146	150		(3) must be of good moral character, as determined by
147	151		the board; and
148	152		(4) shall submit to a background investigation, as
149	153		determined by the board.
150	154		SECTION 7. Section 1104.105, Occupations Code, is amended
151	155		to read as follows:
152	156		Sec. 1104.105. DENIAL OF REGISTRATION OR RENEWAL. (a) The
153	157		board may deny an application for [a] registration or registration
154	158		renewal:
155	159		(1) if [to] an applicant [who] fails to satisfy a
156	160		requirement of this chapter; or
157	161		(2) on a determination by the board that:
158	162		(A) there is reasonable evidence that any person
159	163		who owns an interest in [more than 10 percent of] the appraisal
160	164		management company or any controlling person of the company has[,
161	165		within the 24 months preceding the date of the application,] had a
162	166		license or certification as an appraiser or a registration as an
163	167		appraisal management company suspended, revoked, or put on
164	168		probation in any state;
165	169		(B) the applicant has, while registered under
166	170		this chapter, demonstrated incompetency, untrustworthiness, or
167	171		conduct or practices that render the registrant unfit to perform
168	172		appraisal management services; or
169	173		(C) the applicant no longer performs appraisal
170	174		management services in good faith and is a source of detriment,
171	175		injury, or loss to the public.
172	176		(b) The board shall immediately provide written notice to
173	177		the applicant of the board's denial of a registration or of a
174	178		registration renewal under this chapter.
175	179		(c) An appeal of the denial of a registration or of the
176	180		renewal of a registration is governed by Chapter 2001, Government
177	181		Code.
178	182		SECTION 8. Section 1104.151(b), Occupations Code, is
179	183		amended to read as follows:
180	184		(b) An appraisal management company is not in violation of
181	185		Subsection (a) if:
182	186		(1) the person whose license or certification was
183	187		denied, revoked, or surrendered in lieu of revocation has
184	188		subsequently [since that denial, revocation, or surrender] had the
185	189		[a] license or certificate granted or reinstated;
186	190		(2) the license or certification was denied, revoked,
187	191		or surrendered for a nonsubstantive reason as determined by the
188	192		board; and
189	193		(3) the person maintains the license or certificate in
190	194		good standing.
191	195		SECTION 9. Section 1104.153, Occupations Code, is amended
192	196		to read as follows:
193	197		Sec. 1104.153. APPRAISAL REVIEW. A person who performs an
194	198		appraisal review for an appraisal management company as required by
195	199		Section 1104.155 must be:
196	200		(1) licensed as an appraiser [or certified] under
197	201		Chapter 1103, unless exempt by board rule; and
198	202		(2) qualified to perform the appraisal [with at least
199	203		the same certification for the property type as the appraiser who
200	204		completed the report] being reviewed.
201	205		SECTION 10. Section 1104.156, Occupations Code, is amended
202	206		to read as follows:
203	207		Sec. 1104.156. BUSINESS RECORDS. (a) An appraisal
204	208		management company required to register [registered] under this
205	209		chapter or that has applied for registration under this chapter
206	210		shall retain for at least five years all business records relating
207	211		to each service request that the company receives and the appraiser
208	212		who performs the appraisal for the company.
209	213		(b) The board may audit the records of an appraisal
210	214		management company required to register [registered] under this
211	215		chapter to ensure compliance with federal law, this chapter, board
212	216		rules, and the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal
213	217		Practice.
214	218		(c) A written record of all substantive communications
215	219		between an appraisal management company required to register
216	220		[registered] under this chapter and an appraiser relating to
217	221		inclusion on an appraisal panel or to an appraisal assignment must
218	222		be maintained as provided under Subsection (a).
219	223		SECTION 11. Section 1104.161(a), Occupations Code, is
220	224		amended to read as follows:
221	225		(a) An appraisal management [Other than during the first 30
222	226		days after the date an appraiser is first added to the appraisal
223	227		panel of an appraisal management company, a] company may not remove
224	228		an appraiser from its panel, or otherwise refuse to assign requests
225	229		for appraisal services to an appraiser without:
226	230		(1) notifying the appraiser in writing of the reasons
227	231		for removal from the company's panel;
228	232		(2) if the appraiser is being removed from the panel
229	233		for illegal conduct, a violation of the Uniform Standards of
230	234		Professional Appraisal Practice, or a violation of this chapter,
231	235		notifying the appraiser of the nature of the alleged conduct or
232	236		violation; and
233	237		(3) providing an opportunity for the appraiser to
234	238		respond in writing to the notification.
235	239		SECTION 12. Section 1104.201, Occupations Code, is amended
236	240		by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
237	241		(c) The board may report to the appraisal subcommittee any
238	242		disciplinary action taken by the board against an appraisal
239	243		management company required to register under this chapter.
240	244		SECTION 13. Section 1104.202, Occupations Code, is amended
241	245		by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
242	246		(d) Notwithstanding any other law, an administrative
243	247		penalty collected under this section must be deposited in a
244	248		restricted fund maintained and operated by the board to develop
245	249		educational programs for appraisers or to conduct studies that
246	250		enhance consumer protection.
247	251		SECTION 14. Section 1104.203, Occupations Code, is amended
248	252		by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
249	253		(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a), a fee paid by an
250	254		appraisal management company to an appraiser for appraisal services
251	255		is not a financial benefit.
252	256		SECTION 15. Section 1104.204(b), Occupations Code, is
253	257		amended to read as follows:
254	258		(b) The board, on its own motion, may file a complaint
255	259		against:
256	260		(1) an appraisal management company registered under
257	261		this chapter;
258	262		(2) a controlling person; or
259	263		(3) a person who engages in an activity for which
260	264		registration is required under this chapter without being
261	265		registered.
262	266		SECTION 16. Section 1104.205, Occupations Code, is amended
263	267		by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
264	268		(d) An investigation of an alleged violation by a person
265	269		registered under this chapter may not be terminated solely on the
266	270		basis that the person fails to renew the registration.
267	271		SECTION 17. Section 1104.208(a), Occupations Code, is
268	272		amended to read as follows:
269	273		(a) Based on the report submitted under Section 1104.207,
270	274		the board may:
271	275		(1) order further investigation of the complaint;
272	276		(2) permit the person who is the subject of the
273	277		complaint to participate in a voluntary discussion of the facts and
274	278		circumstances of the alleged violation;
275	279		(3) determine that there is not probable cause to
276	280		believe that a violation occurred and dismiss the case; or
277	281		(4) [(3)] determine that there is probable cause to
278	282		believe that a violation occurred and enter into an agreed order
279	283		with the respondent under Section 1104.2081 or proceed as the
280	284		complainant with a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001,
281	285		Government Code.
282	286		SECTION 18. Subchapter E, Chapter 1104, Occupations Code,
283	287		is amended by adding Sections 1104.2081 and 1104.2082 to read as
284	288		follows:
285	289		Sec. 1104.2081. AGREED ORDER. (a) The board may negotiate
286	290		a settlement and enter into an agreed order with an appraisal
287	291		management company or other person who is the subject of a complaint
288	292		under this subchapter.
289	293		(b) An agreed order must be:
290	294		(1) approved by the board; and
291	295		(2) signed by the commissioner and the appraisal
292	296		management company or other person who is the subject of the
293	297		complaint.
294	298		(c) A board member who participates in negotiating an agreed
295	299		order under this section is disqualified from participating in the
296	300		adjudication of a contested case that results from the negotiation.
297	301		(d) An appraisal management company or other person who
298	302		consents to negotiate under this section waives the right to notice
299	303		and the opportunity to be heard under Chapter 2001, Government
300	304		Code, during the negotiation.
301	305		(e) An appraisal management company or other person who
302	306		enters into an agreed order under this section may be disciplined
303	307		for failure to comply with the agreed order.
304	308		Sec. 1104.2082. CONFIDENTIALITY OF INVESTIGATION MATERIAL.
305	309		(a) Information or material, including any investigation file, is
306	310		confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552,
307	311		Government Code, or any other means of legal compulsion for
308	312		release, including disclosure, discovery, or subpoena, if the
309	313		information or material is prepared or compiled by the board in
310	314		connection with a complaint, investigation, or audit of any person
311	315		subject to the jurisdiction of the board.
312	316		(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), information or material
313	317		prepared or compiled by the board in connection with a complaint,
314	318		investigation, or audit may be disclosed:
315	319		(1) to the respondent;
316	320		(2) to a person providing a service to the board,
317	321		including an expert or other witness, or an investigator, if the
318	322		information is necessary for preparation for, or a presentation in,
319	323		a disciplinary proceeding against an applicant or license holder,
320	324		or a subsequent trial or appeal taken from a disciplinary
321	325		proceeding;
322	326		(3) to an entity in another jurisdiction that
323	327		licenses, registers, credentials, or disciplines any person
324	328		subject to the jurisdiction of the board;
325	329		(4) to a law enforcement agency;
326	330		(5) to the State Office of Administrative Hearings; or
327	331		(6) to the board, or a panel of the board, for use
328	332		during any proceeding conducted by the State Office of
329	333		Administrative Hearings or in a subsequent trial or appeal of a
330	334		board action or order.
331	335		(c) The release of information under Subsection (b) is not a
332	336		voluntary disclosure for purposes of Section 552.007, Government
333	337		Code.
334	338		(d) The board may require that a confidentiality agreement
335	339		be signed by a person entitled to receive information under
336	340		Subsection (b) before releasing the information.
337	341		(e) The board may withhold information or material
338	342		described by Subsection (a) without requesting a decision from the
339	343		attorney general under Subchapter G, Chapter 552, Government Code.
340	344		(f) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), on the dismissal or
341	345		final resolution of a complaint, investigation, or audit,
342	346		information or material prepared or compiled by the board in
343	347		connection with the complaint, investigation, or audit, including a
344	348		completed audit report or a final order of the board, is subject to
345	349		disclosure under Chapter 321 or 552, Government Code.
346	350		SECTION 19. The heading to Section 1104.210, Occupations
347	351		Code, is amended to read as follows:
348	352		Sec. 1104.210. PENALTY TO BE PAID [OR HEARING REQUESTED].
349	353		SECTION 20. Section 1104.212, Occupations Code, is amended
350	354		to read as follows:
351	355		Sec. 1104.212. NOTICE OF HEARING. Not later than the 30th
352	356		day before the [hearing] date of a contested case hearing
353	357		[involving an appraisal management company], the board shall
354	358		personally deliver or send by certified mail [to the company]
355	359		notice of the hearing to the parties to the hearing.
356	360		SECTION 21. Subchapter E, Chapter 1104, Occupations Code,
357	361		is amended by adding Sections 1104.2121, 1104.2122, 1104.2131, and
358	362		1104.2132 to read as follows:
359	363		Sec. 1104.2121. ATTORNEY GENERAL REPRESENTATION. The
360	364		attorney general may not represent the board in a contested case
361	365		before the State Office of Administrative Hearings.
362	366		Sec. 1104.2122. IMMUNITY OF WITNESSES. (a) The board in a
363	367		contested case hearing may grant a witness immunity from
364	368		disciplinary action by the board.
365	369		(b) The official record of the hearing must include the
366	370		reason for granting immunity.
367	371		Sec. 1104.2131. RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS. (a) Contested case
368	372		proceedings shall be recorded by:
369	373		(1) mechanical or electrical means; or
370	374		(2) a certified shorthand reporter.
371	375		(b) At the request of a party, the proceedings or any part of
372	376		the proceedings shall be transcribed. The expense of the
373	377		transcription shall be charged to the requesting party.
374	378		(c) The recording, stenographic notes, or transcription of
375	379		oral proceedings shall be maintained by the board until at least the
376	380		fifth anniversary of the date of the decision in the contested case.
377	381		Sec. 1104.2132. FAILURE TO APPEAR; COSTS. (a) If a
378	382		respondent receives proper notice of a contested case hearing but
379	383		does not appear in person at the hearing, the administrative law
380	384		judge may conduct the hearing or enter an order, as the
381	385		administrative law judge determines appropriate.
382	386		(b) The respondent is bound by the results of the hearing to
383	387		the same extent as if the respondent had appeared.
384	388		(c) The administrative law judge may award reasonable costs
385	389		to the board on a request for and proof of costs incurred if the
386	390		respondent fails to appear at the hearing. In this subsection, the
387	391		term "costs" means all costs associated with the hearing, including
388	392		the costs charged by the State Office of Administrative Hearings
389	393		and any costs related to hearing preparation, discovery,
390	394		depositions, subpoenas, service of process, witness expenses,
391	395		travel expenses, and investigation expenses.
392	396		SECTION 22. Section 1104.214, Occupations Code, is amended
393	397		to read as follows:
394	398		Sec. 1104.214. ACTION AFTER HEARING. On conclusion of a
395	399		contested case hearing under this subchapter, the administrative
396	400		law judge shall:
397	401		(1) make findings of fact and conclusions of law; and
398	402		(2) issue to the board a proposal for decision that the
399	403		board [shall] take one or more of the following actions:
400	404		(A) dismiss the charges;
401	405		(B) revoke the appraisal management company's
402	406		registration;
403	407		(C) suspend the registration of the appraisal
404	408		management company for a period of not more than five years;
405	409		(D) impose a period of probation, with or without
406	410		conditions;
407	411		(E) issue a public or private reprimand or a
408	412		warning;
409	413		(F) impose an administrative penalty; or
410	414		(G) require the payment of costs expended by the
411	415		board associated with the contested case, including:
412	416		(i) attorney's [legal] fees;
413	417		(ii) the costs charged by the State Office
414	418		of Administrative Hearings; and
415	419		(iii) any administrative costs associated
416	420		with the hearing, including witness expenses, travel expenses, and
417	421		investigation expenses.
418	422		SECTION 23. Section 1104.215, Occupations Code, is amended
419	423		to read as follows:
420	424		Sec. 1104.215. DECISION BY BOARD. (a) Based on the
421	425		findings of fact, [and] conclusions of law, and proposal for
422	426		decision of the administrative law judge [the recommendations of
423	427		the hearings examiner], the board by order may determine that:
424	428		(1) a violation has occurred and may impose an
425	429		administrative penalty or another sanction; or
426	430		(2) a violation did not occur.
427	431		(b) The board shall give notice of the order to the person
428	432		who is the subject of the order. The notice must include:
429	433		(1) [separate statements of] the findings of fact and
430	434		conclusions of law separately stated;
431	435		(2) the amount of any penalty imposed or a description
432	436		of any sanction imposed; [and]
433	437		(3) a statement of the right of the person to judicial
434	438		review of the order; and
435	439		(4) any other information required by law.
436	440		SECTION 24. Section 1104.216, Occupations Code, is amended
437	441		to read as follows:
438	442		Sec. 1104.216. MOTION [APPLICATION] FOR REHEARING. (a) A
439	443		[Not later than the 20th day after the date a final decision is
440	444		issued in a contested case, a] party may file a motion for rehearing
441	445		[an application] with the board [for a rehearing]. The motion
442	446		[application] must state:
443	447		(1) the specific grounds for rehearing; and
444	448		(2) the relief sought.
445	449		(b) A motion for rehearing filed under this section is
446	450		governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code [The application is
447	451		denied if the board does not grant it before the 120th day after the
448	452		date the commissioner is served with the application].
449	453		SECTION 25. Sections 1104.102(b) and (d), Occupations Code,
450	454		are repealed.
451	455		SECTION 26. As soon as practicable after the effective date
452	456		of this Act, the Texas Appraiser Licensing and Certification Board
453	457		shall adopt rules and fees necessary to implement Chapter 1104,
454	458		Occupations Code, as amended by this Act.
455	459		SECTION 27. The changes in law made by this Act relating to
456	460		the eligibility for a registration under Chapter 1104, Occupations
457	461		Code, or to the requirements for an application under that chapter
458	462		apply only to an application submitted to the Texas Appraiser
459	463		Licensing and Certification Board on or after the effective date of
460	464		this Act. An application submitted before that date is governed by
461	465		the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the
462	466		former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
463	467		SECTION 28. The changes in law made by this Act relating to
464	468		the requirements for renewal of a registration under Chapter 1104,
465	469		Occupations Code, apply only to an application for renewal of a
466	470		registration that expires on or after the effective date of this
467		-	Act. A registration that expires before that date is governed by
468		-	~~the~~ law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act,
469		-	~~and~~ the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	471	+	Act. A registration that expires before that date is governed by the
	472	+	law in effect immediately before the effective date of this Act, and
	473	+	the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
470	474		SECTION 29. The changes in law made by this Act apply only
471	475		to a disciplinary proceeding or a contested case hearing under
472	476		Chapter 1104, Occupations Code, for conduct that occurs on or after
473	477		the effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the
474	478		effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
475	479		date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect
476	480		for that purpose.
477	481		SECTION 30. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
478		-	______________________________ ______________________________
479		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
480		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1516 passed the Senate on
481		-	April 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
482		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 16, 2017, by the
483		-	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
484		-	______________________________
485		-	Secretary of the Senate
486		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1516 passed the House, with
487		-	amendment, on May 11, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 130,
488		-	Nays 13, one present not voting.
489		-	______________________________
490		-	Chief Clerk of the House
491		-	Approved:
492		-	______________________________
493		-	Date
494		-	______________________________
495		-	Governor