By Ogden                                               S.B. No. 190
         76R3823 SMH-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to continuing education requirements for auctioneers and
 1-3     associate auctioneers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 3B, Chapter 320, Acts of the 64th
 1-6     Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 8700, Vernon's Texas
 1-7     Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
 1-8           Sec. 3B.  CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.  (a) To renew a
 1-9     license issued under this Act, a person must complete annually at
1-10     least seven  hours of continuing education in programs approved by
1-11     the commissioner in the field of auctioneering.
1-12           (b)  A person applying to renew a license issued under this
1-13     Act must provide to the commissioner proof that the person has
1-14     completed the continuing education requirement of this section.
1-15           (c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules under this section
1-16     for approval of continuing education programs.  [The commissioner
1-17     may recognize, prepare, or administer continuing education programs
1-18     for licensees.  Participation in the  programs is voluntary.]
1-19           SECTION 2.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and
1-20     (c) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-21           (b)  Section 3B(b), Chapter 320, Acts of the 64th
1-22     Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 8700, Vernon's Texas
1-23     Civil Statutes), as added by this Act, applies only to a person who
1-24     files an application to renew an auctioneer's or associate
 2-1     auctioneer's license on or after September 1, 2000.
 2-2           (c)  The commissioner of licensing and regulation shall adopt
 2-3     rules under Section 3B(c), Chapter 320, Acts of the 64th
 2-4     Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 8700, Vernon's Texas
 2-5     Civil Statutes), as added by this Act, not later than March 1,
 2-6     2000.
 2-7           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-8     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-9     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-10     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-11     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.