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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the reexamination of an applicant for a professional |
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counselor license. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 503.307, Occupations |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(b) An applicant who has failed three [two] successive |
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examinations may not reapply for another examination before: |
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(1) the second anniversary of the date of the last |
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examination taken by the applicant; or |
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(2) the date the applicant has satisfactorily |
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completed nine graduate semester hours in the applicant's weakest |
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portion of the examination. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |