{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1301.259","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.259","heading":"MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING.","body":"(a) The board and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation shall enter into a memorandum of understanding to improve services and coordinate the functions of each agency.\n(b) The memorandum of understanding must:\n(1) require each agency to share:\n(A) information technology to support the regulation and enforcement of occupational licenses; and\n(B) information on regulatory practices for licensed occupations, including policy issues that affect the regulation of licensed occupations, standardization of complaint and enforcement techniques, and model licensing techniques;\n(2) authorize enforcement officers from each agency to check licenses, registrations, or endorsements held by persons practicing occupations regulated by the other agency and report noncompliance to that agency; and\n(3) state the circumstances when a joint investigation between the board and the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation is appropriate.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 819, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES","CHAPTER 1301. PLUMBERS","SUBCHAPTER E. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1301.htm#1301.259","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"fdd3d12a8100ce12f2b0f6ebc27eb31944c8fbaaa2ca247fdbbd0613d9ed85db","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1301.258-2","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1301.260"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}