Bill Text: TX HB2217 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of the practice of public accountancy.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective immediately [HB2217 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2217-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the regulation of the practice of public accountancy.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-09 - Effective immediately [HB2217 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2217-Introduced.html
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By: Button | H.B. No. 2217 |
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relating to the regulation of the practice of public accountancy. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 901.002(a)(7), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(7) "Corporation" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
1.002, Business Organizations Code. The term includes an entity | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 901.404, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 901.404. NOTICE OF LICENSE EXPIRATION. (a) Not later | ||
than the 30th day before the expiration date of a person's license, | ||
the board shall send written or electronic notice of the impending | ||
license expiration to the person at the person's last known address | ||
or e-mail address according to the board's records. | ||
(b) The board shall determine the amount of the renewal fee | ||
and shall provide written or electronic [ |
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amount to the person within the time provided by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 3. The heading to Section 901.457, Occupations | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 901.457. ACCOUNTANT-CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY | ||
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SECTION 4. Section 901.656(b), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(b) The board may award a scholarship under this subchapter | ||
only to an eligible student who intends to take the uniform CPA | ||
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granting a certificate of "certified public accountant." An | ||
applicant for a scholarship under this subchapter shall state such | ||
an intent by filing a form provided by the board stating an intent | ||
to take the examination. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 33.01(15-a), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(15-a) "Privileged information" means: | ||
(A) protected health information, as that term is | ||
defined by Section 182.002, Health and Safety Code; | ||
(B) information that is subject to the | ||
attorney-client privilege; or | ||
(C) information that is subject to [ |
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accountant-client confidentiality [ |
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901.457, Occupations Code, or other law, if the information is on a | ||
computer, computer network, or computer system owned by a person | ||
possessing a license issued under Subchapter H, Chapter 901, | ||
Occupations Code. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 901.054(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
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, 2023. |