By Danburg, et al. H.B. No. 2262 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain requirements for membership on the governing 1-3 board of certain state agencies. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Chapter 57 to read as follows: 1-7 CHAPTER 57. REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSING AGENCIES 1-8 Sec. 57.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: 1-9 (1) "License" means a license, certificate, 1-10 registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by 1-11 law or a state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual 1-12 to engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession. 1-13 (2) "State agency" means a department, board, bureau, 1-14 commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of the 1-15 state. 1-16 Sec. 57.002. REQUIREMENTS FOR GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERSHIP. A 1-17 person may not be required to be a member of a private trade 1-18 association as a precondition to serving as a member of the 1-19 governing board of a state agency that issues a license or 1-20 otherwise regulates a business, occupation, or profession. 1-21 Sec. 57.003. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not 1-22 apply to the Texas Energy Resource Council. 1-23 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to 1-24 the appointment of a person as a member of a governing board 2-1 subject to Chapter 57, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, on 2-2 or after the effective date of this Act. 2-3 (b) A member of a governing board subject to Chapter 57, 2-4 Occupations Code, as added by this Act, who is serving on the 2-5 governing board on the effective date of this Act is subject to the 2-6 law in effect on the date preceding the effective date of this Act 2-7 and, unless otherwise removed as provided by law, may continue to 2-8 serve for the remainder of the member's term. 2-9 (c) Section 57.003, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, 2-10 takes effect only if the 77th Legislature, at its regular session, 2-11 enacts a bill creating a Texas Energy Resource Council and that 2-12 bill becomes law. If that bill does not become law, Section 2-13 57.003, Occupations Code, has no effect. 2-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.