| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed March 13, 2025; March 25, 2025, read |
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| 3 | + | first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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| 4 | + | April 16, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, |
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| 5 | + | Nays 0; April 16, 2025, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to electronic delivery of documents sent or received by |
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| 9 | 14 | | the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. |
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| 10 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Section 51.207, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 17 | | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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| 13 | 18 | | follows: |
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| 14 | 19 | | (c) The commission by rule may require an applicant or[,] |
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| 15 | 20 | | license holder[, or other person who regularly receives |
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| 16 | 21 | | correspondence from the department] to provide an e-mail address to |
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| 17 | 22 | | the department [for purposes of receiving correspondence]. An |
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| 18 | 23 | | e-mail address used under this subsection is confidential and is |
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| 19 | 24 | | not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code. |
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| 20 | 25 | | (d) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission by rule |
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| 21 | 26 | | may provide that any correspondence sent or received by the |
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| 22 | 27 | | department be delivered electronically, including any notice, |
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| 23 | 28 | | order, or pleading required under Chapter 2001, Government Code, |
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| 24 | 29 | | this chapter, or a law establishing a regulatory program |
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| 25 | 30 | | administered by the department. |
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| 26 | 31 | | SECTION 2. Sections 51.310(c) and 51.354(c), Occupations |
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| 27 | 32 | | Code, are repealed. |
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| 28 | 33 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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