Bill Text: TX HB1822 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

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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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83R2651 MAW-D
By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1822

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 [REQUIRED]. (a) The board
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) [1053.151] or a standard of conduct
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.