79R9774 MXM-D


By:  Deshotel                                                     H.B. No. 2746



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the examination requirements for mold assessors and 
remediators.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1958.105, Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 1958.105.  EXAMINATION.  (a) The department may 
require that an applicant for a license pass a competency 
examination to qualify for the license.
	(b)  If the department requires an examination, the 
applicant must pass the examination with a score of 70 percent or 
more.
	SECTION 2.  Section 1958.105, Occupations Code, as amended 
by this Act, applies only to an examination completed on or after 
the effective date of this Act.  An examination completed before the 
effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed when 
the examination was completed, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.