| 1 | 1 | | 87R2770 JG-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Murr H.B. No. 1161 |
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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 a report on state actions to prevent chemical |
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| 8 | 8 | | dependency facilities from engaging in certain prohibited |
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| 9 | 9 | | solicitation practices. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 164, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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| 12 | 12 | | by adding Section 164.015 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 164.015. ANNUAL REPORT ON STATE ACTIONS TO PREVENT |
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| 14 | 14 | | CERTAIN PROHIBITED SOLICITATION PRACTICES. (a) Not later than |
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| 15 | 15 | | November 1 of each year, the office of the attorney general, in |
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| 16 | 16 | | conjunction with the commission, shall prepare a written report on |
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| 17 | 17 | | actions brought on behalf of this state during the preceding state |
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| 18 | 18 | | fiscal year, including actions to assess a civil or an |
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| 19 | 19 | | administrative penalty or to impose an injunction, against a |
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| 20 | 20 | | chemical dependency facility for a violation of: |
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| 21 | 21 | | (1) this chapter related to prohibited solicitation |
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| 22 | 22 | | practices; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) Chapter 102, Occupations Code, related to |
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| 24 | 24 | | prohibited solicitation practices. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (b) The office of the attorney general shall: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (1) submit the report prepared under Subsection (a) to |
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| 27 | 27 | | the executive commissioner and the members of each standing |
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| 28 | 28 | | committee of the legislature with jurisdiction over public health; |
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| 29 | 29 | | and |
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| 30 | 30 | | (2) post the report on the attorney general's Internet |
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| 31 | 31 | | website. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 2. Notwithstanding Section 164.015, Health and |
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| 33 | 33 | | Safety Code, as added by this Act, the office of the attorney |
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| 34 | 34 | | general is not required to submit the first report under that |
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| 35 | 35 | | section until November 1, 2022. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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