By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Alvarado) H.B. No. 4073
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 17, 2023;
April 18, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Local
Government; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the renewal of certain expired certificates issued by
the Texas Commission on Fire Protection; authorizing a fee.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 419.0341, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as
follows:
(e) If the person's certificate has been expired for more
than five years [one year or longer], the person may not renew the
certificate. The person may obtain a new certificate by submitting
to the proficiency examination or repeating the requirements and
procedures for obtaining an original certificate. The commission
shall charge a fee to cover the cost of administering the
proficiency examination.
(e-1) If the person's certificate has been expired for more
than one year but not more than five years, the person may renew the
certificate in accordance with rules established by the commission.
The commission by rule shall establish:
(1) a system for renewing a certificate under this
subsection;
(2) a list of criteria a person must satisfy to renew a
certificate under this subsection; and
(3) a fee for renewing a certificate under this
subsection.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
a certificate that expires in accordance with rules adopted by the
Texas Commission on Fire Protection under Section 419.033,
Government Code, on or after January 1, 2024. A certificate that
expires before January 1, 2024, is governed by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2024, the Texas
Commission on Fire Protection shall adopt rules providing for the
renewal of a certificate under Section 419.0341(e-1), Government
Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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