| 1 | 1 | | 85R4210 LED-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Huffines S.B. No. 846 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the regulation of temporary common worker employers. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 92, Labor Code, is repealed. |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 2. (a) An administrative proceeding pending under |
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| 11 | 11 | | Chapter 51, Occupations Code, or Chapter 92, Labor Code, on the |
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| 12 | 12 | | effective date of this Act related to a violation of Chapter 92, |
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| 13 | 13 | | Labor Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the |
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| 14 | 14 | | effective date of this Act, is dismissed. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) An administrative penalty assessed by the Texas |
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| 16 | 16 | | Commission of Licensing and Regulation or the executive director of |
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| 17 | 17 | | the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation related to a |
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| 18 | 18 | | violation of Chapter 92, Labor Code, as that chapter existed |
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| 19 | 19 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act, may be collected |
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| 20 | 20 | | as provided by Chapter 51, Occupations Code. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (c) The changes in law made by this Act do not affect the |
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| 22 | 22 | | pending prosecution of an offense under Chapter 92, Labor Code, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 25 | 25 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 26 | 26 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 27 | 27 | | purposes of this subsection, an offense was committed before the |
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| 28 | 28 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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| 29 | 29 | | committed before that date. |
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| 30 | 30 | | (d) The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall |
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| 31 | 31 | | return to a person who holds a valid license under Chapter 92, Labor |
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| 32 | 32 | | Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date |
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| 33 | 33 | | of this Act, a prorated portion of the fee paid to the department |
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| 34 | 34 | | for the issuance or renewal of the license. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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