H.B. No. 1894
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repealed.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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1894 was passed by the House on April
16, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1894 on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1,
1 present, not voting.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1894 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
______________________________
Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
__________________
Governor