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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to active duty personnel. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 555.002. EXEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO RENEW |
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LICENSE. A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules to |
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exempt an individual who holds a license issued by the agency from |
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any increased fee or other penalty imposed by the agency for failing |
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to renew the license in a timely manner if the individual |
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establishes to license in a timely manner because the individual |
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was on active duty in the United States armed forces [serving
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outside this state]. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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Sec. 55.003. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES FOR ACTIVE DUTY |
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MILITARY PERSONNEL. A person who holds a license, is a military |
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service member [member of the state military forces or a reserve
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component of the armed forces of the United States], and is ordered |
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to active duty by proper authority is entitled to an exemption from |
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[additional amount of time, equal to the total number of years or
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parts of years that the person serves on active duty, to complete]: |
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(1) any continuing education requirements; [and] |
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(2) any other requirement related to the renewal of |
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the person's license [.]; and |
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(3) any fees related to license renewal. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |