82R8638 SLB-D By: Giddings H.B. No. 3013 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the renewal of an expired cosmetology operator license. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 1602, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 1602.355 to read as follows: Sec. 1602.355. RENEWAL OF EXPIRED OPERATOR LICENSE. A person may renew an expired operator license by complying with the requirements for an original license. An applicant for renewal under this section who applies for renewal before the third anniversary of the date the person's license expired is exempt from the examination requirement described by Section 1602.262. SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an application for the renewal of a license that is filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for the renewal of a license that is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.