85R7635 MAW-D
By: Blanco H.B. No. 3034
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a waiver of certain licensing fees for military service
members, military veterans, and their spouses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 55.009, Occupations Code, as added by
Chapter 328 (S.B. 807), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular
Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 55.009. LICENSE [APPLICATION] AND EXAMINATION FEES.
Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that issues a license
shall waive the license application and license renewal fees and
any examination fee [fees] paid to the state for an applicant or
license holder who is [:
[(1) a military service member or military veteran
whose military service, training, or education substantially meets
all of the requirements for the license; or
[(2)] a military service member, military veteran,
[or] military spouse, or spouse of a military veteran [who holds a
current license issued by another jurisdiction that has licensing
requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements
for the license in this state].
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for an original or renewal license that is
submitted on or after the effective date of this Act. An
application submitted before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the application was
submitted, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.