By: Springer S.B. No. 1802
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to administrative procedures in the architectural
  barriers program at the Texas Department of Licensing and
  Regulation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 469.058(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission or executive director may impose an
  administrative penalty under Subchapter F, Chapter 51, Occupations
  Code, on a building owner for a violation of this chapter or a rule
  adopted under this chapter.
         SECTION 2.  Section 469.106(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter,
  the commission shall require complete compliance with the standards
  and specifications adopted by the commission under this chapter
  that apply specifically to a building or facility occupied by a
  state agency involved in extending direct services to persons with
  mobility impairments. Those standards and specifications also
  apply to a building or facility occupied by the Health and Human
  Services Commission [Texas Rehabilitation Commission].
         SECTION 3.  Section 469.058(c) and Section 469.059(c),
  Government Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 4.  The changes in law made by this Act do not affect
  the validity of a disciplinary action or other proceeding that was
  initiated before September 1, 2023, and that is pending on
  September 1, 2023. A disciplinary action that is pending on
  September 1, 2023, is governed by the law in effect immediately
  before September 1, 2023, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.