By: Nelson S.B. No. 237
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the criteria for review by the Sunset Advisory
  Commission of an agency that licenses an occupation.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 325.0115, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (c) and (d) to read as follows:
         (c)  As part of the commission's review of an agency that
  licenses an occupation or profession, the commission and its staff
  shall determine whether the governing body of the agency being
  reviewed has made an evaluation regarding the type of personal
  information of license holders that the agency should make
  available on the agency's Internet website based on the following
  factors:
               (1)  the type of information the public needs to file a
  complaint with the agency;
               (2)  the type of information the public needs to locate
  an existing or potential service provider;
               (3)  the type of information the public needs to verify
  a license; and
               (4)  whether making the information available on the
  agency's Internet website could subject a license holder to
  harassment, solicitation, or other nuisance. 
         (d)  If the commission determines that the governing body of
  an agency has not completed the evaluation described by Subsection
  (c), the commission shall make a recommendation that the governing
  body of the agency perform such an evaluation.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.