73R9732 JMM-D By Saunders H.B. No. 1862 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1862: By Jones of Lubbock C.S.H.B. No. 1862 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the renewal of certain business, occupational, and 1-3 professional licenses. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: 1-6 (1) "License" means any license, certificate, 1-7 registration, permit, or other form of authorization that must be 1-8 obtained by an individual to engage in a particular business, 1-9 occupation, or profession. 1-10 (2) "State agency" means any department, board, 1-11 bureau, commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency 1-12 of the state. 1-13 SECTION 2. RENEWAL OF LICENSE. (a) Notwithstanding any 1-14 other provision of law, a state agency that issues a license shall 1-15 renew the license of an individual whose license has expired when 1-16 the individual has met renewal requirements and paid the required 1-17 renewal fee. An individual may not be required to pass an 1-18 examination to renew the license. 1-19 (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to an 1-20 individual whose license has been: 1-21 (1) revoked or suspended by a state agency; or 1-22 (2) expired for more than two years. 1-23 (c) If an individual seeks to renew a license that has been 1-24 expired for more than two years, the state agency that issued the 2-1 license shall review the application of the individual and may 2-2 renew the license once the individual meets existing requirements 2-3 for renewal and pays all required fees. 2-4 SECTION 3. ADOPTION OF RULES. A state agency that is 2-5 subject to this Act shall adopt rules that comply with the 2-6 requirements of this Act for the renewal of a license issued by the 2-7 agency not later than November 1, 1993. 2-8 SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) This Act takes effect 2-9 September 1, 1993. 2-10 (b) This Act applies only to the renewal of a license by a 2-11 state agency on or after November 1, 1993. 2-12 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 2-13 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.