BILL ANALYSIS


                                                        S.B. 1443
                                                        By: Brown
                                                    Jurisprudence
                                                          4-19-95
                                     Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

Many state agencies, boards, commissions, and departments issue
licenses to authorize the conduct of various business and
professional activities.  The Administrative Procedures Act
provides the procedures for these licensing activities.  Licenses
issued under the Act are subject to contested case proceedings in
certain instances.  Upon the issuance of a license, a party in a
contested case may seek judicial review of the agency's decision. 
The judicial review process may take several years before a party
exhausts all appeals.  The uncertainty of the license during this
judicial review process may deny the licensee the full benefit of
the license, thus effectively reducing the useful life of the
license itself.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1443 sets forth regulations regarding the term or
duration of an administrative license.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 2001.054, Government Code, by adding
Subsection (d), to provide that an administrative license remains
valid unless it expires without timely application for renewal, is
amended, revoked, suspended, annulled, or withdrawn, or the denial
of a renewal application becomes final.  Provides that the term or
duration of a license is tolled during the period the license is
subjected to judicial review.  Provides that the term or duration
of a license is not tolled if, during judicial review, the licensee
engages in the activity for which the license was issued.

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1995.
           Makes application of this Act prospective.

SECTION 3. Emergency clause.