78S30140 JRD-D

By:  Heflin                                                       H.B. No. 24 



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 purpose of 
administering Chapter 1305.  The full-time equivalent position 
limitation established for the department in House Bill No. 1, Acts 
of the 78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003 (the General 
Appropriations Act), is also increased by 32 for the state fiscal 
biennium beginning September 1, 2003, for that purpose.
	(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 immediately 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 for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the 
legislative session.