1-1     By:  Pitts (Senate Sponsor - Barrientos)              H.B. No. 1216
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2001;
 1-3     April 25, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Business and Commerce; May 7, 2001, reported favorably by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 7, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the regulation of talent agencies.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1. Section 2105.001(1), Occupations Code, is amended
1-11     to read as follows:
1-12                 (1)  "Artist" means:
1-13                       (A)  an actor who performs in [or a director of]
1-14     a motion picture, [theatrical,] radio, or television[, or other
1-15     entertainment] production; or
1-16                       (B)  [a musician or musical director;]
1-17                       [(C)  a writer;]
1-18                       [(D)  a cinematographer;]
1-19                       [(E)  a composer, lyricist, or arranger of
1-20     musical compositions;]
1-21                       [(F)]  a model[; or]
1-22                       [(G)  another individual who performs analogous
1-23     professional services in a motion picture, theatrical, radio,
1-24     television, or other entertainment production].
1-25           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
1-26     to a violation of Chapter 2105, Occupations Code, that occurs on or
1-27     after the effective date of this Act.  A violation of that chapter
1-28     that occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by
1-29     the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this
1-30     Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-31           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-32     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-33     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-34     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-35     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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