82R28949 SLB-D
By: Van de Putte S.B. No. 1733
(Menendez)
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 1733: No.
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 AND FOR
MILITARY SPOUSE
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 the 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 and:
(1) holds a current license issued by another state
that has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent
to the requirements for the license; or
(2) within the five years preceding the application
date held the license in this state that expired while the applicant
lived in another state for at least six months.
(b) Rules adopted under this section must include
provisions to allow alternative demonstrations of competency to
meet the requirements for obtaining the license.
(c) The executive director of a state agency 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.