By: Paddie, et al. H.B. No. 885
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to county bail bond boards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1704.055(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A board in a county with a population of less than
150,000 [50,000] shall meet:
(1) at least four times each year during the months of
January, April, July, and October at the call of the presiding
officer; and
(2) at other times at the call of the presiding
officer.
SECTION 2. Section 1704.162, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) Notwithstanding the expiration date of a license issued
under this chapter, if the board tables the license holder's
application for renewal or otherwise does not take action to
approve or deny the application, the applicant's current license
continues in effect until the next meeting of the board.
SECTION 3. Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, as added
by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a license
filed with a county bail bond board on or after the effective date
of this Act. An application filed before that date is governed by
the law in effect at the time the application was filed, and the
former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.