Bill Text: TX HB1717 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners; changing certain fees.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB1717 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1717-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 1717 |
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relating to the continuation and functions of the Texas Board of | ||
Architectural Examiners; changing certain fees. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1051.003, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1051.003. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Texas Board | ||
of Architectural Examiners is subject to Chapter 325, Government | ||
Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided | ||
by that chapter, the board is abolished and this subtitle expires | ||
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SECTION 2. Subchapter F, Chapter 1051, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1051.3041 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1051.3041. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION | ||
REQUIREMENT FOR REGISTRATION. (a) The board shall require that an | ||
applicant for a certificate of registration submit a complete and | ||
legible set of fingerprints, on a form prescribed by the board, to | ||
the board or to the Department of Public Safety for the purpose of | ||
obtaining criminal history record information from the Department | ||
of Public Safety and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | ||
(b) The board may not issue a certificate of registration to | ||
a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection (a). | ||
(c) The board shall conduct a criminal history check of each | ||
applicant for a certificate of registration using information: | ||
(1) provided by the individual under this section; and | ||
(2) made available to the board by the Department of | ||
Public Safety, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and any other | ||
criminal justice agency under Chapter 411, Government Code. | ||
(d) The board may: | ||
(1) enter into an agreement with the Department of | ||
Public Safety to administer a criminal history check required under | ||
this section; and | ||
(2) authorize the Department of Public Safety to | ||
collect from each applicant the costs incurred by the Department of | ||
Public Safety in conducting the criminal history check. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1051.351, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person who holds a | ||
certificate of registration issued under Chapter 1053 without | ||
examination may not renew the certificate on or after September 1, | ||
2017, unless, before September 1, 2017, the person has passed the | ||
registration examination adopted by the board under Section | ||
1053.154 and in effect on January 1, 2014. This subsection expires | ||
January 1, 2019. | ||
SECTION 4. Sections 1051.353(b), (c), and (e), Occupations | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A person whose certificate of registration has been | ||
expired for 90 days or less may renew the certificate by paying to | ||
the board a renewal fee that is equal to 1-1/2 times the [ |
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required renewal fee set by the board under Section 1051.651(b). | ||
(c) A person whose certificate of registration has been | ||
expired for more than 90 days but less than two years may renew the | ||
certificate by paying to the board a renewal fee equal to two times | ||
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1051.651(b). | ||
(e) A person who was registered in this state, moved to | ||
another state, and is currently licensed or registered and has been | ||
in practice in the other state for the two years preceding the date | ||
of the application may obtain a new certificate of registration | ||
without reexamination. The person must pay to the board a fee that | ||
is equal to two times the [ |
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board under Section 1051.651(b) for the certificate of | ||
registration. | ||
SECTION 5. Subchapter G, Chapter 1051, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 1051.3531 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1051.3531. CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION | ||
REQUIREMENT FOR RENEWAL. (a) An applicant renewing a certificate | ||
of registration shall submit a complete and legible set of | ||
fingerprints for purposes of performing a criminal history check of | ||
the applicant as provided by Section 1051.3041. | ||
(b) The board may not renew the certificate of registration | ||
of a person who does not comply with the requirement of Subsection | ||
(a). | ||
(c) A holder of a certificate of registration is not | ||
required to submit fingerprints under this section for the renewal | ||
of the certificate of registration if the holder has previously | ||
submitted fingerprints under: | ||
(1) Section 1051.3041 for the initial issuance of the | ||
certificate of registration; or | ||
(2) this section as part of a prior renewal of a | ||
certificate of registration. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 1051.452(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The amount of an administrative penalty may not exceed | ||
$5,000 for each violation. Each day a violation continues or occurs | ||
is a separate violation for purposes of imposing a penalty. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 1051.652(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The fee for the issuance of a certificate of | ||
registration under this chapter [ |
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and the fee for the renewal of a certificate of registration under | ||
this chapter are increased by $200. | ||
SECTION 8. Section 1053.158, Occupations Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 9. (a) Not later than December 1, 2013, the Texas | ||
Board of Architectural Examiners shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
implement the changes in law made by this Act to Chapter 1051, | ||
Occupations Code. | ||
(b) Sections 1051.3041 and 1051.3531, Occupations Code, as | ||
added by this Act, and Sections 1051.353 and 1051.652, Occupations | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for a | ||
certificate of registration or renewal of a certificate of | ||
registration filed with the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners | ||
on or after January 1, 2014. An application filed before that date | ||
is governed by the law in effect at the time the application was | ||
filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
(c) Section 1051.452(a), Occupations Code, as amended by | ||
this Act, applies only to a violation of Subtitle B, Title 6, | ||
Occupations Code, committed on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. A violation committed before that date is governed by the law | ||
in effect at the time the violation was committed, and the former | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 10. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 1717 was passed by the House on April | ||
23, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 34, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 1717 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 112, Nays 25, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 1717 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |