Amend CSHB 885 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 1704.162, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h)  Notwithstanding the expiration date of a license issued under this chapter, if the board tables the license holder's application for renewal or otherwise does not take action to approve or deny the application, the applicant's current license continues in effect until the next meeting of the board.

SECTION ____.  Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a license filed with a county bail bond board on or after the effective date of this Act. An application filed before that date is governed by the law in effect at the time the application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.