85R16007 KKR-F
 
  By: Anderson of McLennan H.B. No. 3243
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duties of the structural pest control advisory
  committee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1951.104, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1951.104.  DUTIES OF COMMITTEE. (a)  The committee
  shall:
               (1)  gather and provide information relating to the
  practice of structural pest control at the request of the
  department or the commissioner; and
               (2)  advise the department and the commissioner on:
                     (A)  the education and curricula requirements for
  applicants;
                     (B)  the content of examinations under this
  chapter;
                     (C)  proposed rules and standards on technical
  issues related to structural pest control and rules related to
  enforcement;
                     (D)  standards and criteria for the issuance of
  licenses under this chapter;
                     (E)  fees for license applications and
  examinations under this chapter; and
                     (F)  other issues affecting the practice of
  structural pest control.
         (b)  Before the department proposes a rule for adoption, the
  department must submit the proposed rule to the committee to
  provide advice as described by Subsection (a)(2)(C). The committee
  shall:
               (1)  vote on whether to recommend that the rule be
  proposed for adoption; and
               (2)  provide the recommendation under Subdivision (1)
  to the department not later than the 60th day after the date the
  proposed rule was submitted to the committee for review.
         (c)  For the purpose of advising the department on rules
  related to enforcement under Subsection (a), on request of the
  presiding officer of the committee, the department shall allow the
  committee to review a completed disciplinary investigation file.
         SECTION 2.  Section 1951.105, Occupations Code, is amended
  by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (b)  The committee shall:
               (1)  at the first meeting of each year, elect from the
  committee's members a presiding officer and an assistant presiding
  officer to serve a term of one year;
               (2)  meet quarterly;
               (3) [(2)]  operate under Robert's Rules of Order; and
               (4) [(3)]  record the minutes of each meeting.
         (c)  The rules adopted under Subsection (a) must provide that
  the presiding officer of the committee:
               (1)  is responsible for setting an agenda for each
  committee meeting; and
               (2)  may add an item to an agenda on request by the
  department or commissioner.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.