Bill Text: TX HB937 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance and renewal of a real estate inspector license.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-24 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB937 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB937-Introduced.html

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82R2153 EES-D
By: Harless H.B. No. 937

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance and renewal of a real estate inspector
license.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1102.114, Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
Sec. 1102.114. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE. The commission shall
issue the appropriate license to an applicant who:
(1) meets the required qualifications; and
(2) pays the fee required by Section 1102.352(a)[; and
[(3) offers proof that the applicant carries liability
insurance with a minimum limit of $100,000 per occurrence to
protect the public against a violation of Subchapter G].
SECTION 2. Section 1102.203(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person may renew an unexpired license by paying the
required renewal fee to the commission before the expiration date
of the license [and providing proof of liability insurance as
required by Section 1102.114(3)].
SECTION 3. (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section
1102.114, Occupations Code, applies only to an application for a
real estate inspector license submitted to the Texas Real Estate
Commission on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application for a license submitted before that date is governed by
the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 1102.203,
Occupations Code, applies only to the renewal of a license that
expires on or after the effective date of this Act. A license that
expires before that date is governed by the law in effect on the
date the license expires, and the former law is continued in effect
for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.