85R5374 TSR-D     By: Goldman H.B. No. 3878       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the repeal of the criminal penalty for a violation of   the interior designers licensing law.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 1053, Occupations Code, is   repealed.          SECTION 2.  The repeal by this Act of Subchapter H, Chapter   1053, Occupations Code, does not apply to an offense committed   under that subchapter before the effective date of the repeal.  An   offense committed before the effective date of the repeal is   governed by the law as it existed on the date the offense was   committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that   purpose.  For purposes of this section, an offense was committed   before the effective date of the repeal if any element of the   offense occurred before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.