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1	1	H.B. No. 3743
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;
6	6	expanding authority to adopt fees.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 51.002, Occupations Code, as amended by
9	9	Chapters 663 (H.B. 1560) and 850 (S.B. 713), Acts of the 87th
10	10	Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted to read as
11	11	follows:
12	12	Sec. 51.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Texas
13	13	Commission of Licensing and Regulation and the Texas Department of
14	14	Licensing and Regulation are subject to Chapter 325, Government
15	15	Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
16	16	by that chapter, the commission and the department are abolished
17	17	September 1, 2033.
18	18	SECTION 2. Section 51.202(a), Occupations Code, is amended
19	19	to read as follows:
20	20	(a) The commission shall set fees, in amounts reasonable and
21	21	necessary to cover the costs of administering the programs or
22	22	activities, for:
23	23	(1) licenses issued by the department;
24	24	(2) license renewals and late renewals;
25	25	(3) examinations; and
26	26	(4) any other program or activity administered by the
27	27	department [for which a fee is authorized].
28	28	SECTION 3. Section 51.207(c), Occupations Code, is amended
29	29	to read as follows:
30	30	(c) The commission by rule may require an applicant, license
31	31	holder, or other person who regularly receives correspondence from
32	32	the department to provide an [may satisfy any requirement under
33	33	this chapter or another law governing a program subject to
34	34	regulation by the department to provide notice by delivering the
35	35	notice by] e-mail address to the department for purposes of
36	36	receiving correspondence [to the recipient's last known e-mail
37	37	address if the recipient has previously authorized the department
38	38	to deliver the notice by e-mail]. An e-mail address used under this
39	39	subsection is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under
40	40	Chapter 552, Government Code.
41	41	SECTION 4. Section 51.209, Occupations Code, is amended by
42	42	adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
43	43	(d) Notwithstanding any other law, Chapter 2110, Government
44	44	Code, does not apply to an advisory board established to advise the
45	45	commission or department.
46	46	SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is
47	47	amended by adding Section 51.4014 to read as follows:
48	48	Sec. 51.4014. LICENSE APPLICATION FROM INMATE. (a)
49	49	Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept an
50	50	application from an applicant who is an inmate imprisoned in the
51	51	Texas Department of Criminal Justice except that the department may
52	52	not issue the license until the applicant has been released.
53	53	(b) This section does not limit the ability of the
54	54	department to determine or verify the applicant's eligibility for
55	55	the license or to issue a provisional or restricted license in
56	56	accordance with other law.
57	57	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
58	58	______________________________ ______________________________
59	59	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
60	60	I certify that H.B. No. 3743 was passed by the House on May 4,
61	61	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 2, 2 present, not
62	62	voting.
63	63	______________________________
64	64	Chief Clerk of the House
65	65	I certify that H.B. No. 3743 was passed by the Senate on May
66	66	21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
67	67	______________________________
68	68	Secretary of the Senate
69	69	APPROVED: _____________________
70	70	Date
71	71	_____________________
72	72	Governor