TITLE: Relating to the licensing requirement for certain migrant labor housing facilities.

SUMMARY: Relating to the licensing requirement for certain migrant labor housing facilities.

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