H.B. No. 2615
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the licensing of towing operators and vehicle storage
  facility employees by the Texas Department of Licensing and
  Regulation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2303.1015(a), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person may not work at a vehicle storage facility
  unless the person holds:
               (1)  a license issued under this chapter;
               (2)  an incident management towing operator's license
  under Section 2308.153;
               (3)  a private property towing operator's license under
  Section 2308.154; or
               (4)  a consent towing operator's license under Section
  2308.155.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2308.153, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A person holding a license described by this section may
  work at a vehicle storage facility regulated under Chapter 2303.
         SECTION 3.  Section 2308.154, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A person holding a license described by this section may
  work at a vehicle storage facility regulated under Chapter 2303.
         SECTION 4.  Section 2308.155, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A person holding a license described by this section may
  work at a vehicle storage facility regulated under Chapter 2303.
         SECTION 5.  The following provisions of the Occupations Code
  are repealed:
               (1)  Section 2303.1016; and
               (2)  Section 2308.1521.
         SECTION 6.  (a) The changes in law made by this Act do not
  affect the validity of a proceeding pending before a court or other
  governmental entity on the effective date of this Act.
         (b)  An offense or other violation of law committed before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when
  the offense or violation was committed, and the former law is
  continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
  subsection, an offense or violation was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or
  violation occurred before that date.
         SECTION 7.  (a) Sections 2308.153(c), 2308.154(c), and
  2308.155(c), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, apply to a
  license issued or renewed before, on, or after the effective date of
  this Act.
         (b)  A license issued under Section 2303.1016 or 2308.1521,
  Occupations Code, that is unexpired or eligible for renewal by the
  license holder on the effective date of this Act expires on the
  earlier of:
               (1)  the expiration date stated on the license; or
               (2)  the date of issuance of a license issued to the
  license holder under Section 2308.153, 2308.154, or 2308.155,
  Occupations Code.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2615 was passed by the House on May 3,
  2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2615 was passed by the Senate on May
  18, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor