87R1021 MCK-D
 
  By: Middleton H.B. No. 899
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to prohibiting a licensing authority from taking
  disciplinary action against certain license holders for violating
  an emergency management plan or a rule, order, or ordinance issued
  under the plan.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 418.1731 to reads as follows:
         Sec. 418.1731.  ACTION AGAINST LICENSE HOLDER PROHIBITED.
  (a)  In this section:
               (1)  "License" means a license, registration,
  certificate, permit, or other authorization issued by a licensing
  authority that a person must obtain to practice or engage in a
  particular business, occupation, or profession.
               (2)  "Licensing authority" means a department,
  commission, board, office, or other agency of the state that issues
  a license.
         (b)  A licensing authority may not revoke, suspend, or refuse
  to renew a license, reprimand a license holder, impose an
  administrative penalty on a license holder, or take any other
  disciplinary action against a license holder based on the license
  holder's failure to comply with a state, local, or
  interjurisdictional emergency management plan or with a rule,
  order, or ordinance adopted under the plan.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2021.