Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	S.B. No. 1200
	1	+	By: Campbell, et al. S.B. No. 1200
	2	+	(Miller, Sheffield)
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	5	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	6		AN ACT
5	7		relating to the authority of certain military spouses to engage in a
6	8		business or occupation in this state.
7	9		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	10		SECTION 1. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended by
9	11		adding Section 55.0041 to read as follows:
10	12		Sec. 55.0041. RECOGNITION OF OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE OF
11	13		MILITARY SPOUSE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a military
12	14		spouse may engage in a business or occupation for which a license is
13	15		required without obtaining the applicable license if the spouse is
14	16		currently licensed in good standing by another jurisdiction that
15	17		has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent to the
16	18		requirements for the license in this state.
17	19		(b) Before engaging in the practice of the business or
18	20		occupation, the military spouse must:
19	21		(1) notify the applicable state agency of the spouse's
20	22		intent to practice in this state;
21	23		(2) submit to the agency proof of the spouse's
22	24		residency in this state and a copy of the spouse's military
23	25		identification card; and
24	26		(3) receive from the agency confirmation that:
25	27		(A) the agency has verified the spouse's license
26	28		in the other jurisdiction; and
27	29		(B) the spouse is authorized to engage in the
28	30		business or occupation in accordance with this section.
29	31		(c) The military spouse shall comply with all other laws and
30	32		regulations applicable to the business or occupation in this state.
31	33		(d) A military spouse may engage in the business or
32	34		occupation under the authority of this section only for the period
33	35		during which the military service member to whom the military
34	36		spouse is married is stationed at a military installation in this
35	37		state but not to exceed three years from the date the spouse
36	38		receives the confirmation described by Subsection (b)(3).
37	39		(e) A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules
38	40		to implement this section. The rules must establish a process for
39	41		the agency to:
40	42		(1) identify, with respect to each type of license
41	43		issued by the agency, the jurisdictions that have licensing
42	44		requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements
43	45		for the license in this state; and
44	46		(2) verify that a military spouse is licensed in good
45	47		standing in a jurisdiction described by Subdivision (1).
46		-	(f) In addition to the rules adopted under Subsection (e), a
47		-	state agency that issues a license may adopt rules to provide for
48		-	the issuance of a license to a military spouse to whom the agency
49		-	provides confirmation under Subsection (b)(3). A license issued
50		-	under this subsection must expire not later than the third
51		-	anniversary of the date the agency provided the confirmation and
52		-	may not be renewed. A state agency may not charge a fee for the
53		-	issuance of the license.
54	48		SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2019, a state agency
55	49		to which Section 55.0041, Occupations Code, as added by this Act,
56	50		applies, shall adopt rules to implement that section.
57	51		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
58		-	______________________________ ______________________________
59		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
60		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1200 passed the Senate on
61		-	April 30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
62		-	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2019, by the
63		-	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
64		-	______________________________
65		-	Secretary of the Senate
66		-	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1200 passed the House, with
67		-	amendment, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
68		-	Nays 0, two present not voting.
69		-	______________________________
70		-	Chief Clerk of the House
71		-	Approved:
72		-	______________________________
73		-	Date
74		-	______________________________
75		-	Governor