H.B. No. 1077

AN ACT

relating to the membership of the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board.

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

SECTION 1. Section 1305.051(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The advisory board consists of nine members appointed by the presiding officer of the commission with the approval of the commission as follows:

(1) three master electrician members;

(2) three journeyman electrician members; [and]

(3) one master sign electrician member; and

(4) two [three] public members.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section 1305.051(a), Occupations Code, regarding the qualifications for a member of the Electrical Safety and Licensing Advisory Board do not affect the entitlement of a member serving on the board immediately before the effective date of this Act to continue to serve and function as a member of the board for the remainder of the member's term. When board vacancies occur on or after the effective date of this Act, the presiding officer of the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall appoint new members to the board in a manner that reflects the changes in law made by this Act.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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President of the Senate Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1077 was passed by the House on April 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 1077 was passed by the Senate on May 15, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________

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Governor