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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to a reduced occupational licensing fee for certain former |
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| 8 | 7 | | license holders. |
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| 9 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 10 | | adding Section 57.003 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 11 | | Sec. 57.003. REDUCED OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING FEE FOR CERTAIN |
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| 13 | 12 | | FORMER LICENSE HOLDERS. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a |
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| 14 | 13 | | state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules requiring the |
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| 15 | 14 | | agency to charge a reduced license application fee or reactivation |
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| 16 | 15 | | fee, as applicable, not to exceed one-third of the amount of the |
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| 17 | 16 | | usual fee, to an applicant who: |
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| 18 | 17 | | (1) in the two-year period preceding the date of the |
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| 19 | 18 | | application, became a parent by natural birth or adoption; and |
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| 20 | 19 | | (2) immediately before the birth or adoption, held an |
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| 21 | 20 | | active license of the same type for which the person is applying. |
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| 22 | 21 | | (b) Rules adopted under this section may require an |
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| 23 | 22 | | applicant to submit to the state agency an attestation or other |
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| 24 | 23 | | documentation relating to the child's birth or adoption. |
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| 25 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, a state agency |
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| 26 | 25 | | to which Section 57.003, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, |
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| 27 | 26 | | applies shall adopt and implement the rules required by that |
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| 28 | 27 | | section. |
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| 29 | 28 | | SECTION 3. A state agency to which Section 57.003, |
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| 30 | 29 | | Occupations Code, as added by this Act, applies is required to |
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| 31 | 30 | | implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature |
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| 32 | 31 | | appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the |
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| 33 | 32 | | legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that |
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| 34 | 33 | | purpose, the state agency may, but is not required to, implement a |
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| 35 | 34 | | provision of this Act using other appropriations available for that |
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| 36 | 35 | | purpose. |
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| 37 | 36 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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