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CHAPTER 222 H.B. No. 86 1 AN ACT 2 relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory 3 Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by 6 adding Section 325.0115 to read as follows: 7 Sec. 325.0115. CRITERIA FOR REVIEW OF CERTAIN AGENCIES. 8 (a) In this section: 9 (1) "License" means a license, certificate, 10 registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by 11 law or a state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual to 12 engage in a particular occupation or profession. 13 (2) "Public interest" means protection from a present 14 and recognizable harm to public health, safety, or welfare. The 15 term does not include speculative threats, or other 16 non-demonstrable menaces to public health, safety, or welfare. For 17 the purposes of this subdivision, the term "welfare" includes the 18 financial health of the public when the absence of governmental 19 regulation unreasonably increases risk and liability to broad 20 classes of consumers. 21 (b) In an assessment of an agency that licenses an 22 occupation or profession, the commission and its staff shall 23 consider: 24 (1) whether the occupational licensing program:
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.83rd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 86, Chapter 222,
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June 14, 2013;
[Austin, Texas].
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