Amend CSHB 2262 by adding the following appropiately numbered
sections.
      SECTION _____.  Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 57 to read as follows:
            CHAPTER 57.  REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING AGENCIES
      Sec. 57.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
            (1)  "License" means a license, certificate,
registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by
law or state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual to
engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession.
            (2)  "State agency" means a department, board, bureau,
commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of the
state.
      Sec. 57.002.  REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERSHIP. A
person may not be required to be a member of a private trade
association as a precondition to serving as a member of the
governing board of a state agency that issues a license or
otherwise regulates a business, occupation, or profession.
      Sec. 57.003.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not
apply to the Texas Energy Resource Council.
      SECTION ____. (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
to the appointment of a person as a member of a governing board
subject to Chapter 57, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, on
or after the effective date of this Act.
      (b)  A member of a governing board subject to Chapter 57,
Occupations Code, as added by this Act, who is serving on the
governing board on the effective date of this Act is subject to the
law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this Act
and, unless otherwise removed as provided by law, may continue to
serve for the remainder of the member's term.
      (c)  Section 57.003, Occupations Code, as added by this Act,
takes effect only if the 77th Legislature, at its regular session,
enacts a bill creating a Texas Energy Resource Council and that
bill becomes law.  If that bill does not become law, Section
57.003, Occupations Code, has no effect.