Bill Text: TX HB2613 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the suspension of occupational and driver's licenses issued to persons who fail to pay an administrative penalty imposed by the Texas Funeral Service Commission.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Public Health [HB2613 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2613-Introduced.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 2613 | |
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| relating to the suspension of occupational and driver's licenses | ||
| issued to persons who fail to pay an administrative penalty imposed | ||
| by the Texas Funeral Service Commission. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 57.003 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 57.003. LICENSE SUSPENSION BY STATE AGENCY. (a) For | ||
| purposes of this section, "license," as defined by Section 57.001, | ||
| includes a driver's license. | ||
| (b) A state agency may suspend any license issued by the | ||
| agency to a person who fails to pay an administrative penalty | ||
| imposed under Chapter 651 when due. | ||
| (c) A state agency that receives notice under Section | ||
| 651.556(b) shall suspend any license issued by the agency to the | ||
| person who is the subject of the notice until the state agency | ||
| receives notice from the Texas Funeral Service Commission that the | ||
| penalty imposed under Chapter 651 has been paid. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 651.551(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| (a) The commission may assess an administrative penalty | ||
| against a person, regardless of whether the person holds a license | ||
| issued [ |
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| that the person has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under | ||
| this chapter. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 651.556, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 651.556. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. (a) On the | ||
| commission's request, the attorney general shall bring a civil | ||
| action to recover an administrative penalty owed under this | ||
| chapter. | ||
| (b) The commission may, in addition to making a request | ||
| under Subsection (a), establish by rule a procedure to provide | ||
| notice to a state agency that a person owes an administrative | ||
| penalty under this chapter for purposes of Section 57.003. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
