By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1733
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the
military.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 55. [RENEWAL OF] LICENSE WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY
SECTION 2. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Section 55.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 55.004. ALTERNATIVE LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR MILITARY
SPOUSE. (a) A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules
for the issuance of a license to an applicant who is the spouse of a
person serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of the
United States.
(b) Rules adopted under this section must include
provisions to allow:
(1) alternative demonstrations of competency to meet
the requirements for obtaining the license; and
(2) a period during which an otherwise qualified
person may seek employment or practice with an expired license.
(c) The executive director of the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation may issue a license by endorsement in the
same manner as the Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation
under Section 51.404 to an applicant described by Subsection (a).
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2011.