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