78S10274 JRD-D
By: Heflin H.B. No. 9
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 9:
By: Heflin C.S.H.B. No. 9
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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 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.