84R12148 TSR-D

By: Dutton H.B. No. 2613

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the suspension of occupational and driver's licenses issued to persons who fail to pay an administrative penalty imposed by the Texas Funeral Service Commission.

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

SECTION 1. Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 57.003 to read as follows:

Sec. 57.003. LICENSE SUSPENSION BY STATE AGENCY. (a) For purposes of this section, "license," as defined by Section 57.001, includes a driver's license.

(b) A state agency may suspend any license issued by the agency to a person who fails to pay an administrative penalty imposed under Chapter 651 when due.

(c) A state agency that receives notice under Section 651.556(b) shall suspend any license issued by the agency to the person who is the subject of the notice until the state agency receives notice from the Texas Funeral Service Commission that the penalty imposed under Chapter 651 has been paid.

SECTION 2. Section 651.551(a), Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The commission may assess an administrative penalty against a person, regardless of whether the person holds a license issued [regulated] under this chapter, if the commission determines that the person has violated this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.

SECTION 3. Section 651.556, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

Sec. 651.556. COLLECTION OF PENALTY. (a) On the commission's request, the attorney general shall bring a civil action to recover an administrative penalty owed under this chapter.

(b) The commission may, in addition to making a request under Subsection (a), establish by rule a procedure to provide notice to a state agency that a person owes an administrative penalty under this chapter for purposes of Section 57.003.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.