Sec. 531.02014. RELATED TRANSFERS; EFFECT OF CONSOLIDATION. (a) All of the following that relate to a function that is transferred under Section 531.0201, 531.02011, or 531.02012 are transferred to the commission or the Department of Family and Protective Services, as applicable, on the date the related function is transferred as specified in the transition plan required under Section 531.0204:

(1) all obligations and contracts, including obligations and contracts related to a grant program;

(2) all property and records in the custody of the state agency or entity from which the function is transferred;

(3) all funds appropriated by the legislature and other money; and

(4) all complaints, investigations, or contested cases that are pending before the state agency or entity from which the function is transferred or a governing person or entity of the state agency or entity, without change in status.

(b) A rule, policy, or form adopted by or on behalf of a state agency or entity from which functions are transferred under Section 531.0201, 531.02011, or 531.02012 that relates to a function that is transferred under one of those sections becomes a rule, policy, or form of the receiving state agency upon transfer of the related function and remains in effect:

(1) until altered by the commission or other receiving state agency, as applicable; or

(2) unless it conflicts with a rule, policy, or form of the receiving state agency.

(c) A license, permit, or certification in effect that was issued by a state agency or entity from which functions are transferred under Section 531.0201 or 531.02011 that relates to a function that is transferred under either of those sections is continued in effect as a license, permit, or certification of the commission upon transfer of the related function until the license, permit, or certification expires, is suspended or revoked, or otherwise becomes invalid.

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 200), Sec. 1.01(a), eff. September 1, 2015.