By: Johnson, Paxton S.B. No. 1132
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of crafted precious metal dealers;
authorizing the change of a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1956.0612(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The commissioner shall prescribe the processing fee in
an amount necessary to cover the costs of administering this
subchapter [section].
SECTION 2. Section 1956.0613, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1956.0613. INVESTIGATION BY COMMISSIONER. (a) The
commissioner shall:
(1) monitor the operations of a dealer to ensure
compliance with this subchapter [chapter]; and
(2) receive and investigate complaints against a
dealer or a person acting as a dealer.
(b) At the times the commissioner considers necessary, the
commissioner or the commissioner's representative may:
(1) examine each place of business of each dealer; and
(2) investigate the dealer's transactions and records,
including books, accounts, papers, and correspondence, to the
extent the transactions and records pertain to the business
regulated under this subchapter.
(c) A dealer shall:
(1) give the commissioner or the commissioner's
representative free access to the dealer's office, place of
business, files, safes, and vaults; and
(2) allow the commissioner or the representative to
make a copy of an item that may be investigated under Subsection
(b)(2).
(d) The commissioner or the commissioner's representative
shall examine under Subsection (b) at least 10 dealers each
calendar year.
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 1956, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1956.0616 to read as follows:
Sec. 1956.0616. NOTICE OF ENFORCEMENT ORDER. (a) As soon
as practicable after an enforcement order against a dealer for a
violation of this subchapter becomes final, including an order
assessing an administrative penalty or an order to pay restitution
under Section 14.251(b)(3), Finance Code, the commissioner shall
provide notice of the order to:
(1) the chief of police of the municipality in which
the violation occurred; or
(2) the sheriff of the county in which the violation
occurred, if the violation did not occur in a municipality.
(b) The notice must include:
(1) a copy of the enforcement order;
(2) the information on complaint procedures described
by Section 14.062(b), Finance Code; and
(3) any other information the commissioner considers
necessary or proper to the enforcement of this subchapter.
SECTION 4. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this
section, this Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
(b) Section 1956.0613, Occupations Code, as amended by this
Act, takes effect January 1, 2022.