| 1 | 1 | | By: Sanford H.B. No. 3877 |
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| 3 | 3 | | |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to active duty personnel. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended to read |
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| 9 | 9 | | as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 555.002. EXEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO RENEW |
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| 11 | 11 | | LICENSE. A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules to |
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| 12 | 12 | | exempt an individual who holds a license issued by the agency from |
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| 13 | 13 | | any increased fee or other penalty imposed by the agency for failing |
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| 14 | 14 | | to renew the license in a timely manner if the individual |
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| 15 | 15 | | establishes to license in a timely manner because the individual |
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| 16 | 16 | | was on active duty in the United States armed forces [serving |
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| 17 | 17 | | outside this state]. |
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| 18 | 18 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended to read |
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| 19 | 19 | | as follows: |
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| 20 | 20 | | Sec. 55.003. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES FOR ACTIVE DUTY |
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| 21 | 21 | | MILITARY PERSONNEL. A person who holds a license, is a military |
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| 22 | 22 | | service member |
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| 23 | 23 | | [member of the state military forces or a reserve |
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| 24 | 24 | | component of the armed forces of the United States], and is ordered |
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| 25 | 25 | | to active duty by proper authority is entitled to an exemption from |
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| 26 | 26 | | [additional amount of time, equal to the total number of years or |
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| 27 | 27 | | parts of years that the person serves on active duty, to complete]: |
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| 28 | 28 | | (1) any continuing education requirements; [and] |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) any other requirement related to the renewal of |
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| 30 | 30 | | the person's license [.]; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) any fees related to license renewal. |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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