85R5374 TSR-D
 
  By: Goldman H.B. No. 3878
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the repeal of the criminal penalty for a violation of
  the interior designers licensing law.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 1053, Occupations Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 2.  The repeal by this Act of Subchapter H, Chapter
  1053, Occupations Code, does not apply to an offense committed
  under that subchapter before the effective date of the repeal.  An
  offense committed before the effective date of the repeal is
  governed by the law as it existed on the date the offense was
  committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.  For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
  before the effective date of the repeal if any element of the
  offense occurred before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.