81R10582 NC-F
By: Coleman H.B. No. 3028
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of air conditioning and refrigeration
technicians.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1302.101, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (f) to read as follows:
(f) The commission shall adopt rules under this chapter
necessary to comply with Chapter 53.
SECTION 2. Section 1302.260(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) A license issued under this chapter is valid for one
year from the date of issuance [expires at the end of the license
period set by the commission].
SECTION 3. Subchapter F, Chapter 1302, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1302.2601 to read as follows:
Sec. 1302.2601. RENEWAL OF LICENSE OR REGISTRATION. (a) On
payment of the required fee, a license or registration under this
chapter may be renewed annually.
(b) Notwithstanding Sections 51.401(c) and (d), a person
whose license or registration has been expired for more than 90 days
but less than two years may renew the license or registration by
paying to the department a renewal fee that is equal to two times
the normally required renewal fee. A person whose license or
registration has been expired for two years or more may not renew
the license or registration. The person may obtain a new license by
complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an
original license or registration.
SECTION 4. Not later than January 1, 2010, the Texas
Commission of Licensing and Regulation shall adopt rules under
Section 1302.101(f), Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 5. (a) The change in law made by this Act by the
amendment of Section 1302.260, Occupations Code, applies only to a
license issued or renewed on or after the effective date of this
Act. A license issued or renewed before the effective date of this
Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the license was
issued or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
(b) The change in law made by this Act by the enactment of
Section 1302.2601(b), Occupations Code, applies only to a license
or registration that expires on or after the effective date of this
Act. A license or registration that expires before that date is
governed by the law in effect on the date the license or
registration expired, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.