1-1 By: Saunders (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 1862
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 17, 1993;
1-3 May 18, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 28, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 12, Nays 0; May 28, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the renewal of certain business, occupational, and
1-24 professional licenses.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
1-27 (1) "License" means any license, certificate,
1-28 registration, permit, or other form of authorization that must be
1-29 obtained by an individual to engage in a particular business,
1-30 occupation, or profession.
1-31 (2) "State agency" means any department, board,
1-32 bureau, commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency
1-33 of the state.
1-34 SECTION 2. RENEWAL OF LICENSE. (a) Notwithstanding any
1-35 other provision of law, a state agency that issues a license shall
1-36 renew the license of an individual whose license has expired when
1-37 the individual has met renewal requirements and paid the required
1-38 renewal fee. An individual may not be required to pass an
1-39 examination to renew the license.
1-40 (b) Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to an
1-41 individual whose license has been:
1-42 (1) revoked or suspended by a state agency; or
1-43 (2) expired for more than two years.
1-44 (c) If an individual seeks to renew a license that has been
1-45 expired for more than two years, the state agency that issued the
1-46 license shall review the application of the individual and may
1-47 renew the license once the individual meets existing requirements
1-48 for renewal and pays all required fees.
1-49 SECTION 3. ADOPTION OF RULES. A state agency that is
1-50 subject to this Act shall adopt rules that comply with the
1-51 requirements of this Act for the renewal of a license issued by the
1-52 agency not later than November 1, 1993.
1-53 SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. (a) This Act takes effect
1-54 September 1, 1993.
1-55 (b) This Act applies only to the renewal of a license by a
1-56 state agency on or after November 1, 1993.
1-57 SECTION 5. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation
1-58 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-59 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-60 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-61 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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1-63 Austin,
1-64 Texas
1-65 May 28, 1993
1-66 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-67 President of the Senate
1-68 Sir:
2-1 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
2-2 No. 1862, have had the same under consideration, and I am
2-3 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
2-4 that it do pass and be printed.
2-5 Harris of
2-6 Dallas, Chairman
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2-8 WITNESSES
2-9 FOR AGAINST ON
2-10 ___________________________________________________________________
2-11 Name: Michael Duncan x
2-12 Representing: Tarrant Co Emergency Med Serv
2-13 City: Richland Hills
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2-15 Name: Sean Hughes x
2-16 Representing: No. Richland Hills Fire Dept
2-17 City: North Richland Hills
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2-19 Name: Ron Haussecker x
2-20 Representing: Washington County EMS
2-21 City: Brenham
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2-23 Name: Richard Brett Coshland x
2-24 Representing: Washington Co EMS
2-25 City: Brenham
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2-27 Name: Darryl Quigley x
2-28 Representing: Texas Ambulance Assn
2-29 City: Dallas
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2-31 Name: Mike Higgins x
2-32 Representing: Tx State Assn of Fire Fighter
2-33 City: Austin
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