Bill Text: TX SB1802 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to administrative procedures in the architectural barriers program at the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1802 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1802-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1802 |
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relating to administrative procedures in the architectural | ||
barriers program at the Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
Regulation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 469.058(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission or executive director may impose an | ||
administrative penalty under Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Occupations | ||
Code, on a building owner for a violation of this chapter or a rule | ||
adopted under this chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 469.106(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, | ||
the commission shall require complete compliance with the standards | ||
and specifications adopted by the commission under this chapter | ||
that apply specifically to a building or facility occupied by a | ||
state agency involved in extending direct services to persons with | ||
mobility impairments. Those standards and specifications also | ||
apply to a building or facility occupied by the Health and Human | ||
Services Commission [ |
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SECTION 3. Section 469.058(c) and Section 469.059(c), | ||
Government Code, are repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act do not affect | ||
the validity of a disciplinary action or other proceeding that was | ||
initiated before September 1, 2023, and that is pending on | ||
September 1, 2023. A disciplinary action that is pending on | ||
September 1, 2023, is governed by the law in effect immediately | ||
before September 1, 2023, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1802 passed the Senate on | ||
May 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1802 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, | ||
one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |