86R13887 JCG-F
By: Flynn H.B. No. 3049
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of occupational licenses to certain
out-of-state applicants; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by adding
Chapter 60 to read as follows:
CHAPTER 60. LICENSING OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS
Sec. 60.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "License" means a license, certificate,
registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by
law or a state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual to
engage in a particular occupation in this state.
(2) "State agency" means a department, board, bureau,
commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of this
state.
Sec. 60.002. LICENSING OF OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS.
Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that issues a license
shall waive all education, training, experience, and examination
requirements for obtaining a license for a license applicant after:
(1) reviewing the applicant's credentials and
determining that:
(A) the applicant holds a license issued by
another state for an occupation that is substantially equivalent to
the occupation for which the state agency issues the license;
(B) the applicant has held the license described
by Paragraph (A) for at least one year;
(C) the applicant has not been disciplined by a
licensing authority of the other state for violating a law or rule
administered by the licensing authority;
(D) the applicant does not have a complaint or
investigation pending before a licensing authority of the other
state;
(E) the applicant has not been convicted of and
does not have pending a criminal case for an offense that
disqualifies the applicant from holding a license issued by the
state agency under the laws of this state; and
(F) the license granted to the applicant by the
other state has not been suspended, revoked, or surrendered for any
reason; and
(2) the applicant has paid any required fee.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a license submitted to a state agency on or
after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted to a
state agency 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, 2019.