Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB237 Introduced / Bill

Filed 12/13/2018

                    86R340 MCK-D
 By: Nelson S.B. No. 237


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory
 Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 325.0115, Government Code, is amended by
 adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
 (c)  As part of the commission's review of an agency that
 licenses an occupation or profession, the commission and its staff
 shall determine whether the governing body of the agency being
 reviewed has made an evaluation regarding the type of personal
 information of license holders that the agency should make
 available on the agency's Internet website based on the following
 factors:
 (1)  the type of information the public needs to file a
 complaint with the agency;
 (2)  the type of information the public needs to locate
 an existing or potential service provider;
 (3)  the type of information the public needs to verify
 a license; and
 (4)  whether making the information available on the
 agency's Internet website could subject a license holder to
 harassment, solicitation, or other nuisance.
 (d)  If the commission determines that the governing body of
 an agency has not completed the evaluation described by Subsection
 (c), the commission shall make a recommendation that the governing
 body of the agency perform such an evaluation.
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.