Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 1214 modifies and clarifies law related to the administration of the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation and makes nonsubstantive revisions to various laws related to the department. The bill redesignates the commissioner of licensing and regulation as the executive director, provides that the executive director serves at the will of the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation, and specifies the executive director's duties relating to sanctions and penalties. The bill removes a provision requiring the governor to deliver a biennial report to the legislature related to equal employment opportunity policy. The bill also raises the maximum amount of an administrative penalty from $1,000 to $5,000 for each violation, allows the combination of a proceeding imposing a penalty with a proceeding to impose an administrative sanction, and removes the limit on the amount of a civil penalty for violations relating to regulatory programs administered by the department.