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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the final decision in a contested case regarding |
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occupational licensing before a State Office of Administrative |
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Hearings administrative law judge. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2001.058, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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(g) Notwithstanding Subsection (e) or any other law, in a |
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contested case before a state agency that concerns licensing in |
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relation to an occupational license and is not disposed of by |
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stipulation, agreed settlement, or consent order, an occupational |
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license holder may elect to have the administrative law judge |
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render the final decision in the contested case. If the license |
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holder elects to have the administrative law judge render the final |
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decision, the provisions applicable to a contested case under |
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Subsection (f) apply to a contested case described by this |
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subsection. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a contested case filed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A contested case filed before the effective date of this Act |
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is governed by the law in effect on the date the contested case was |
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filed, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |