TITLE: Relating to the ability of certain state agencies to seek injunctions against certain individuals.

SUMMARY: Relating to the ability of certain state agencies to seek injunctions against certain individuals.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the ability of certain state agencies to seek injunctions against certain individuals. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Chapter 60 to read as follows: CHAPTER 60. CONFLICTS BETWEEN CERTAIN LICENSING AUTHORITIES Sec. 60.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "licensing authority" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency of the state that issues an occupational license for a person to provide services within the scope of the practice, as defined by state law, of architecture, land surveying, or professional engineering. Sec. 60.002. CERTAIN INJUNCTIONS PROHIBITED. A licensing authority may not institute an action to enjoin a person licensed by another licensing authority from engaging in certain conduct if that conduct has been determined by the licensing authority that issued the license to be lawful and within the scope of practice authorized by the person's license. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.