85R4210 LED-D
By: Huffines S.B. No. 846
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of temporary common worker employers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 92, Labor Code, is repealed.
SECTION 2. (a) An administrative proceeding pending under
Chapter 51, Occupations Code, or Chapter 92, Labor Code, on the
effective date of this Act related to a violation of Chapter 92,
Labor Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the
effective date of this Act, is dismissed.
(b) An administrative penalty assessed by the Texas
Commission of Licensing and Regulation or the executive director of
the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation related to a
violation of Chapter 92, Labor Code, as that chapter existed
immediately before the effective date of this Act, may be collected
as provided by Chapter 51, Occupations Code.
(c) The changes in law made by this Act do not affect the
pending prosecution of an offense under Chapter 92, Labor Code, as
that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this
Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed 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 subsection, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was
committed before that date.
(d) The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall
return to a person who holds a valid license under Chapter 92, Labor
Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date
of this Act, a prorated portion of the fee paid to the department
for the issuance or renewal of the license.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.