83R8701 BEF-F
 
  By: Stephenson H.B. No. 1757
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the composition of the Texas State Board of Public
  Accountancy.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 901.051(a), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy consists of
  15 members appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of
  the senate as follows:
               (1)  10 certified public accountant members:
                     (A)  two [, at least eight] of whom are, on the
  date of appointment, [:
                     [(A)  a] sole practitioners; and [practitioner;
  or]
                     (B)  eight of whom are, on the date of
  appointment, owners or employees [an owner or employee] of [a]
  certified public accountancy firms [firm]; and
               (2)  five public members who are not:
                     (A)  licensed under this chapter; or
                     (B)  financially involved in an organization
  subject to board regulation.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Section
  901.051(a), Occupations Code, applies only to a person appointed or
  reappointed to the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A member serving on the board
  on the effective date of this Act is entitled to serve the remainder
  of the member's current term regardless of whether the member meets
  the requirements of Section 901.051(a), Occupations Code, as
  amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.