By: Danburg H.B. No. 576 73R1306 CAG-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain licenses issued by the Texas State Board of 1-3 Plumbing Examiners. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 12, The Plumbing License Law (Article 1-6 6243-101, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending 1-7 Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-8 (a) Licenses issued by the Board shall be valid throughout 1-9 the state, but shall not be assignable or transferable, except as 1-10 otherwise allowed by this section. The Board shall forward to the 1-11 local Board of Health, if there be one, of each town, or to the 1-12 other authority having control of the enforcement of regulations 1-13 relative to plumbing in each town, the names and addresses of all 1-14 persons in such town to whom such licenses have been granted. 1-15 Licenses shall be issued for one year and may be renewed annually 1-16 on or before February 1st or as provided by Section 12A of this Act 1-17 upon payment of the required fee. 1-18 (g) A person who holds a master or journeyman plumber 1-19 license may designate an individual to be assigned the license of 1-20 the holder in the event of the holder's death. On the death of the 1-21 license holder, the Board may reassign the license to the 1-22 designated individual if that individual is otherwise qualified for 1-23 the license under this Act. The Board shall adopt rules as 1-24 necessary relating to the reassignment of licenses under this 2-1 subsection. 2-2 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-7 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-8 passage, and it is so enacted.