BILL ANALYSIS

S.B. 1932

By: West

Licensing & Administrative Procedures

Committee Report (Unamended)

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE

Interested parties contend that certain state examination requirements inadvertently prohibit otherwise eligible Texans from applying for an interior designer certificate of registration.
S.B. 1932 seeks to address this issue by revising application requirements for the registration examination.

CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.

ANALYSIS

S.B. 1932 amends the Occupations Code to replace the requirement that an application for admission to the registration examination for an interior designer certificate of registration be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners that the applicant has graduated from an interior design educational program recognized and approved by the board with the requirement that such an application be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant has satisfied the educational and experience eligibility requirements for taking the examination of the National Council for Interior Design Qualification or a comparable examination.

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2017.