85R12860 BEE-D     By: Goldman H.B. No. 3877       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to repealing consent towing operator licenses.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 2303.1016(a), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of a   dual license for a person who is a vehicle storage facility employee   and towing operator.  The department shall issue the license to an   applicant who:                (1)  meets the requirements established under:                      (A)  Section 2303.1015;                      (B)  Section 2308.153 or [,] 2308.154 [, or   2308.155]; and                      (C)  any applicable rules adopted under this   subchapter or Subchapter D, Chapter 2308; and                (2)  submits to the department:                      (A)  an application on a department-approved   form; and                      (B)  the required license fee.          SECTION 2.  Section 2308.1521(a), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission shall adopt rules for the issuance of a   dual license for a person who is a vehicle storage facility employee   and towing operator.  The department shall issue the license to an   applicant who:                (1)  meets the requirements established under:                      (A)  Section 2308.153 or [,] 2308.154 [, or   2308.155];                      (B)  Section 2303.1015; and                      (C)  any applicable rules adopted under this   subchapter or Subchapter C, Chapter 2303; and                (2)  submits to the department:                      (A)  an application on a department-approved   form; and                      (B)  the required license fee.          SECTION 3.  Section 2308.1551(b), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a), an applicant for a   license under Section 2308.153 may be supervised by an operator who   holds a license issued under Section 2308.153 or [,] 2308.154 [, or   2308.155].          SECTION 4.  Section 2308.155, Occupations Code, is repealed.          SECTION 5.  On the effective date of this Act, a license   issued under a law that is repealed by this Act expires.          SECTION 6.  (a) The change in law made by this Act does not   affect the validity of a proceeding pending before a court or other   governmental entity on the effective date of this Act.          (b)  An offense or other violation of law committed before   the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when   the offense or violation was committed, and the former law is   continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this   subsection, an offense or violation was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense or   violation occurred before that date.          SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.