By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 1894

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2019; April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; May 9, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1894 By: Hancock

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 Subchapter H, Chapter 1053, Occupations Code, is repealed.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, 2019.

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