By: Carona S.B. No. 1509
(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read
first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
April 11, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 11, 2011,
sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1509 By: Carona
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to license renewals by the Texas Department of Licensing
and Regulation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subsections (c) and (d), Section 51.401,
Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:
(c) A person whose license has been expired for more than 90
days but less than 18 months [one year] may renew the license by
paying to the department a renewal fee that is equal to two times
the normally required renewal fee. On approval by the executive
director, a person whose license has been expired for at least 18
months but less than three years may renew the license by paying to
the department a renewal fee equal to two times the normally
required renewal fee.
(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] person whose
license has been expired for 18 months [one year] or more may not
renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by complying
with the requirements and procedures, including the examination
requirements, for obtaining an original license.
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.
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