By: Carona S.B. No. 1509

(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2011; March 22, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; April 11, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 11, 2011, sent to printer.)

COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1509 By: Carona

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to license renewals by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsections (c) and (d), Section 51.401, Occupations Code, are amended to read as follows:

(c) A person whose license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than 18 months [one year] may renew the license by paying to the department a renewal fee that is equal to two times the normally required renewal fee. On approval by the executive director, a person whose license has been expired for at least 18 months but less than three years may renew the license by paying to the department a renewal fee equal to two times the normally required renewal fee.

(d) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a [A] person whose license has been expired for 18 months [one year] or more may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by complying with the requirements and procedures, including the examination requirements, for obtaining an original license.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an application for the renewal of a license that is filed with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for the renewal of a license that is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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