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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a limitation on the amount of certain licensing fees |
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charged by state agencies. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 57.003 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 57.003. FEES RELATED TO LICENSING. (a) |
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Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection |
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(b), a state agency may not increase the amount of a fee established |
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on or before January 1, 2017, for the issuance or renewal of a |
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license issued by the agency, to an amount greater than the amount |
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of that fee on January 1, 2017. |
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(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a fee: |
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(1) described by Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources |
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Code; or |
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(2) collected by the Railroad Commission of Texas |
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under Chapter 113, 116, 131, or 134, Natural Resources Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |