By Brown of Kaufman H.B. No. 584 77R3012 GJH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to continuing education for a person licensed as a 1-3 plumber. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 12B(c), The Plumbing License Law (Article 1-6 6243-101, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as 1-7 follows: 1-8 (c) For a person to receive credit for participation in a 1-9 continuing professional education program or course, the program or 1-10 course must have been provided, according to the criteria adopted 1-11 by the Board, by: 1-12 (1) an individual, business, or association approved 1-13 by the Board; or 1-14 (2) the Texas Engineering Extension Service. 1-15 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only to 1-16 continuing education offered on or after the effective date of this 1-17 Act. Continuing education offered before the effective date of 1-18 this Act is governed by the law in effect on the day the continuing 1-19 education was offered, and that law is continued in effect for that 1-20 purpose. 1-21 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-22 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-23 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-24 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 2-1 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.