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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the licensing requirement for certain migrant labor |
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housing facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2306.922, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 2306.922. LICENSE REQUIRED; EXEMPTION. (a) A person |
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may not establish, maintain, or operate a migrant labor housing |
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facility without obtaining a license from the department. |
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(b) This subchapter does not apply to a person establishing, |
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maintaining, or operating a migrant labor housing facility that is |
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required to be provided under the H-2A program authorized by |
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8 U.S.C. Section 1101(a)(15)(H)(ii)(a). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an administrative or regulatory action taken on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An administrative or regulatory action |
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taken before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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applicable to the administrative or regulatory action immediately |
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before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |