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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to license renewal requirements for licensed professional |
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counselors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 503.354, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d-1) If a person's license has been expired for more than |
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one year but less than four years, and if the person has not been the |
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subject of any disciplinary action taken by or pending before the |
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board on or after the date the license expired, the person may renew |
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the license by: |
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(1) fulfilling continuing education requirements as |
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set by the board; and |
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(2) paying the renewal fees for each year in which the |
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license has been expired. |
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(e) A person whose license has been expired for four years |
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[one year] or more may not renew the license. The person may obtain |
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a new license by complying with the requirements and procedures for |
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obtaining an original license. |
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SECTION 2. Section 503.354, Occupations Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a licensed professional counselor license |
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renewed on or after the effective date of this Act. A license |
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renewed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
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in effect immediately before that date, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |