H.B. No. 9  




AN ACT

relating to appropriating the fees relating to the licensing and 
regulation of certain electricians collected by the Texas 
Department of Licensing and Regulation or the Texas Commission of 
Licensing and Regulation under House Bill No. 1487, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  (a)  All fees collected during the state fiscal 
biennium beginning September 1, 2003, by the Department of 
Licensing and Regulation or the Commission of Licensing and 
Regulation under Chapter 1305, Occupations Code, as added by House 
Bill No. 1487, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, 
or under Section 3, House Bill No. 1487, Acts of the 78th 
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, are appropriated to the 
Department of Licensing and Regulation and the full-time equivalent 
position limitation established for that agency in House Bill No. 
1, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is hereby 
increased by 32 for the state fiscal biennium beginning September 
1, 2003, for the purpose of administering Chapter 1305.
	(b)  Any increase in state employee benefit costs incurred 
during the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2003, in 
connection with administering Chapter 1305, Occupations Code, as 
added by House Bill No. 1487, Acts of the 78th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2003, shall be paid out of the appropriations made by 
Subsection (a) of this section and shall be allocated to the 
appropriate employee benefit appropriation items in accordance 
with applicable rules of the comptroller.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, if it 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary to take effect on 
that date, this Act takes effect November 1, 2003.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 9 was passed by the House on July 10, 
2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. 
No. 9 on July 21, 2003, by a non-record vote; passed subject to the 
provisions of Article III, Section 49a, of the Constitution of the 
State of Texas.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	
I certify that H.B. No. 9 was passed by the Senate, with 
amendments, on July 18, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 
0; passed subject to the provisions of Article III, Section 49a, of 
the Constitution of the State of Texas.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                      Secretary of the Senate   


	
I certify that the amounts appropriated in the herein H.B. 
No. 9, 1st Called Session of the 78th Legislature, are within 
amounts estimated to be available in the affected fund.

                                                  Certified_____________________

                                                  ______________________________
                                                 Comptroller of Public Accounts 



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              Governor