TITLE: Relating to prohibiting a licensing authority from taking disciplinary action against certain license holders for violating an emergency management plan or a rule, order, or ordinance issued under the plan.

SUMMARY: Relating to prohibiting a licensing authority from taking disciplinary action against certain license holders for violating an emergency management plan or a rule, order, or ordinance issued under the plan.

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AN ACT relating to prohibiting a licensing authority from taking disciplinary action against certain license holders for violating an emergency management plan or a rule, order, or ordinance issued under the plan. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 418, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 418.1731 to reads as follows: Sec. 418.1731. ACTION AGAINST LICENSE HOLDER PROHIBITED. (a) In this section: (1) "License" means a license, registration, certificate, permit, or other authorization issued by a licensing authority that a person must obtain to practice or engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession. (2) "Licensing authority" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency of the state that issues a license. (b) A licensing authority may not revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a license, reprimand a license holder, impose an administrative penalty on a license holder, or take any other disciplinary action against a license holder based on the license holder's failure to comply with a state, local, or interjurisdictional emergency management plan or with a rule, order, or ordinance adopted under the plan. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.