79R5245 KLA-D

By:  Villarreal                                                   H.B. No. 1514



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the suspension of the license or registration of a 
child-care facility providing care for less than 24 hours a day or 
the listing of a family home.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.073(c), Human Resources Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  An order is valid for 10 days after the effective date of 
the order, except that an order relating to a facility that provides 
care for less than 24 hours a day or a listed family home is valid 
for 30 days after the effective date of the order.
	SECTION 2.  Section 42.073(c), Human Resources Code, as 
amended by this Act, applies only to an order suspending a license, 
listing, or registration issued on or after the effective date of 
this Act.  An order issued before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect on the date the order was issued, and 
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.