Bill Text: TX HB1822 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of certain interior designers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-12 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB1822 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB1822-Introduced.html
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By: Harper-Brown | H.B. No. 1822 |
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relating to the regulation of certain interior designers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1051.001, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: | ||
(2-a) "Hospital" means a public or private institution | ||
licensed under Chapter 241 or 577, Health and Safety Code, | ||
including a general hospital or a special hospital, as those terms | ||
are defined by Section 241.003, Health and Safety Code. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1053.151, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 1053.151. REGISTRATION [ |
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shall issue a certificate of registration under this chapter to a | ||
person who: | ||
(1) practices interior design as it relates to the | ||
interior environment or space of a hospital; and | ||
(2) meets the requirements of this chapter and board | ||
rules. | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (a), the board may not | ||
issue or renew a certificate of registration to a person engaged in | ||
the practice of interior design. | ||
(c) A person other than an interior designer may | ||
not represent that the person is a "registered interior designer" | ||
by using that title or by using words that imply that the person is a | ||
registered interior designer. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 1053.152(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board shall establish the qualifications for the | ||
issuance or renewal of a certificate of registration under this | ||
chapter to a person who practices interior design as it relates to | ||
the interior environment or space of a hospital. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 1053.351(a), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly | ||
violates Section 1053.151(c) [ |
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adopted under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect at the time 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 this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 6. Not later than October 1, 2013, the Texas Board | ||
of Architectural Examiners shall adopt rules necessary to implement | ||
Section 1053.151, Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |