82R10553 SLB-F

By: Harper-Brown H.B. No. 2868

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the regulation of talent agencies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 2105, Occupations Code, is repealed.

SECTION 2. (a) An action, including a disciplinary or administrative proceeding, pending under Chapter 51 or 2105, Occupations Code, on the effective date of this Act related to a violation of Chapter 2105, Occupations Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, is dismissed.

(b) An administrative penalty assessed by the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation related to a violation of Chapter 2105, Occupations Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, may be collected as provided by Chapter 51, Occupations Code.

(c) The changes in law made by this Act do not affect the pending prosecution of an offense under Chapter 2105, Occupations Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date.

(d) The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall return a prorated portion of the fee paid to the department for the issuance or renewal of a registration under Chapter 2105, Occupations Code, as that chapter existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, that is valid on the effective date of this Act to the person who paid the fee.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.