1-1     By:  Ogden                                             S.B. No. 190
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed January 19, 1999; January 28, 1999,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     March 29, 1999, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 29, 1999, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to continuing education requirements for auctioneers and
 1-9     associate auctioneers.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 3B, Chapter 320, Acts of the 64th
1-12     Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 8700, Vernon's Texas
1-13     Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-14           Sec. 3B.  CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS.  (a) To renew a
1-15     license issued under this Act, a person must complete annually at
1-16     least seven hours of continuing education in programs approved by
1-17     the commissioner in the field of auctioneering.
1-18           (b)  A person applying to renew a license issued under this
1-19     Act must provide to the commissioner proof that the person has
1-20     completed the continuing education requirement of this section.
1-21           (c)  The commissioner shall adopt rules under this section
1-22     for approval of [may recognize, prepare, or administer] continuing
1-23     education programs [for licensees.  Participation in the programs
1-24     is voluntary].
1-25           SECTION 2.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and
1-26     (c) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-27           (b)  Subsection (b), Section 3B, Chapter 320, Acts of the
1-28     64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 8700, Vernon's
1-29     Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this Act, applies only to a
1-30     person who files an application to renew an auctioneer's or
1-31     associate auctioneer's license on or after September 1, 2000.
1-32           (c)  The commissioner of licensing and regulation shall adopt
1-33     rules under Subsection (c), Section 3B, Chapter 320, Acts of the
1-34     64th Legislature, Regular Session, 1975 (Article 8700, Vernon's
1-35     Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this Act, not later than March
1-36     1, 2000.
1-37           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-38     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-39     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-40     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-41     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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