88R11481 SCP-D
 
  By: Guerra H.B. No. 3133
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the electronic system for occupational licensing
  transactions administered by the Department of Information
  Resources.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2054.353(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The department shall administer a common electronic
  system using the Internet through which a licensing entity can
  electronically:
               (1)  send occupational licenses and other documents to
  persons regulated by the licensing entity and to the public;
               (2)  receive applications for occupational licenses
  and other documents for filing from persons regulated by the
  licensing entity and from the public, including documents that can
  be electronically signed if necessary; [and]
               (3)  receive required payments from persons regulated
  by the licensing entity and from the public; and
               (4)  track the status of a license holder or applicant,
  including disciplinary information, in a manner that is not
  accessible to the public.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2054.353(d), Government Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.