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      By Farrar                                       H.B. No. 3535

                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the renewal of a license for air-conditioning

 1-3     contractors.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 75.24 of the Texas Administrative Code is

 1-6     amended to as follows:

 1-7           Sec. 75.24.  LICENSING REQUIREMENTS-RENEWAL.  (a)  The

 1-8     department shall send a renewal notice/application to each license

 1-9     holder approximately sixty days prior to the expiration date.  A

1-10     license holder is responsible for the timely filing of the renewal

1-11     application.

1-12           (b)  The signed renewal application must include any changes

1-13     of addresses or business affiliation.  It must be accompanied by

1-14     the renewal fee, any application late fees, and evidence of the

1-15     insurance requirements if current insurance will expire less than

1-16     30 days after renewal.  The renewal application and fee should be

1-17     received by the Department at least 30 days before the expiration

1-18     date so that the renewal can be processed and returned to the

1-19     license holder before expiration.  Each license shall be renewed

1-20     for a three year period.

1-21                 (1)  A license holder may be eligible for renewal

1-22     within 5 years of expiration upon showing of good cause.

1-23           (c)  A contractor whose license is not renewed by the

1-24     expiration date is considered unlicensed and may not do any work

 2-1     for which a license is required under this Act.

 2-2           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

 2-3           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

 2-4     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

 2-5     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-6     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-7     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.