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1		-	By: Smith (Senate Sponsor - Eltife) H.B. No. 3742
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2015;
3		-	May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
4		-	and Commerce; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the following
5		-	vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
	1	+	H.B. No. 3742
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the authority of the Texas Department of Licensing and
12	6		Regulation to determine applicant eligibility for a license.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is
15	9		amended by adding Section 51.4041 to read as follows:
16	10		Sec. 51.4041. ALTERNATIVE QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSE. (a)
17	11		The commission, department, or executive director may adopt
18	12		alternative means of determining or verifying a person's
19	13		eligibility for a license issued by the department, including
20	14		evaluating the person's education, training, experience, and
21	15		military service.
22	16		(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission or the
23	17		executive director may waive any prerequisite for obtaining a
24	18		license if the applicant currently holds a similar license issued
25	19		by another jurisdiction that:
26	20		(1) has requirements for the license that are
27	21		substantially equivalent to those of this state; or
28	22		(2) has a reciprocity agreement with this state for
29	23		the license.
30	24		(c) The department, with approval of the governor, may enter
31	25		into an agreement with another state to allow for licensing by
32	26		reciprocity.
33	27		SECTION 2. Section 469.004, Government Code, is amended to
34	28		read as follows:
35	29		Sec. 469.004. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Section 51.4041
36	30		[51.404], Occupations Code, does not apply to this chapter.
37	31		SECTION 3. Section 754.025, Health and Safety Code, is
38	32		amended to read as follows:
39	33		Sec. 754.025. APPLICATION OF CERTAIN LAW. Sections 51.401
40	34		and 51.4041 [51.404], Occupations Code, do not apply to this
41	35		chapter, except those sections do apply to Sections 754.017 and
42	36		754.0171.
43	37		SECTION 4. Section 55.004(c), Occupations Code, is amended
44	38		to read as follows:
45	39		(c) The executive director of a state agency may issue a
46	40		license by endorsement in the same manner as the Texas Commission of
47	41		Licensing and Regulation under Section 51.4041(b) [51.404] to an
48	42		applicant described by Subsection (a).
49	43		SECTION 5. Section 1202.106, Occupations Code, is amended
50	44		to read as follows:
51	45		Sec. 1202.106. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. Sections 51.401
52	46		and 51.4041 [51.404] do not apply to this chapter.
53	47		SECTION 6. Section 51.404, Occupations Code, is repealed.
54	48		SECTION 7. Section 51.4041, Occupations Code, as added by
55	49		this Act, applies only to an application for a license submitted to
56	50		the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on or after the
57	51		effective date of this Act. An application for a license submitted
58	52		before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in
59	53		effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law
60	54		is continued in effect for that purpose.
61	55		SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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	56	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	57	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	58	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3742 was passed by the House on April
	59	+	23, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	60	+	voting.
	61	+	______________________________
	62	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	63	+	I certify that H.B. No. 3742 was passed by the Senate on May
	64	+	22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	65	+	______________________________
	66	+	Secretary of the Senate
	67	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	68	+	Date
	69	+	_____________________
	70	+	Governor