SB764 - Relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license or disciplinary action against an electrician.

      S.B. No. 764         AN ACT   relating to the procedure for a hearing by the Texas Department of   Licensing and Regulation on the denial of an electrician's license   or disciplinary action against an electrician.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1305.253(b), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  The proceedings relating to a license denial and   disciplinary action by the department under this chapter are   governed by Chapter 2001, Government Code. [ A hearing under this   chapter may be conducted by a hearings officer designated by the   commission. ]          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to a hearing that commences on or after the effective date of this   Act.  A hearing that commences before the effective date of this Act   is governed by the law in effect on the date the hearing commenced,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 764 passed the Senate on   March 11, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 764 passed the House on   May 21, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, three   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor