By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1894
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019;
April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on
Business & Commerce; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1894 By: Hancock
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the repeal of the criminal penalty for a violation of
the interior designers licensing law.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 1053, Occupations Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 2. The repeal by this Act of Subchapter H, Chapter
1053, Occupations Code, does not apply to an offense committed
under that subchapter before the effective date of the repeal. An
offense committed before the effective date of the repeal is
governed by the law as it existed on the date the offense was
committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
before the effective date of the repeal if any element of the
offense occurred before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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