| 1 | 1 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 1509 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read |
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| 3 | 3 | | first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; |
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| 4 | 4 | | April 11, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | 5 | | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 11, 2011, |
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| 6 | 6 | | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1509 By: Carona |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to license renewals by the Texas Department of Licensing |
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| 13 | 13 | | and Regulation. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Subsections (c) and (d), Section 51.401, |
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| 16 | 16 | | Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (c) A person whose license has been expired for more than 90 |
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| 18 | 18 | | days but less than 18 months [one year] may renew the license by |
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| 19 | 19 | | paying to the department a renewal fee that is equal to two times |
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| 20 | 20 | | the normally required renewal fee. On approval by the executive |
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| 21 | 21 | | director, a person whose license has been expired for at least 18 |
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| 22 | 22 | | months but less than three years may renew the license by paying to |
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| 23 | 23 | | the department a renewal fee equal to two times the normally |
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| 24 | 24 | | required renewal fee. |
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| 25 | 25 | | (d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] person whose |
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| 26 | 26 | | license has been expired for 18 months [one year] or more may not |
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| 27 | 27 | | renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by complying |
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| 28 | 28 | | with the requirements and procedures, including the examination |
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| 29 | 29 | | requirements, for obtaining an original license. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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| 31 | 31 | | an application for the renewal of a license that is filed with the |
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| 32 | 32 | | Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on or after the |
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| 33 | 33 | | effective date of this Act. An application for the renewal of a |
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| 34 | 34 | | license that is filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 35 | 35 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, |
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| 36 | 36 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 38 | 38 | | * * * * * |
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