By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1237
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2025;
  May 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources; May 15, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 0;
  May 15, 2025, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 1237 By:  Zaffirini
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and
  registrations.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.006, Water Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (f) and (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read
  as follows:
         (f)  A person whose license or registration has been expired
  for not more than 90 [30] days [or less] may apply for renewal of the
  license or registration by paying to the commission a renewal fee in
  an amount prescribed by commission rule not to exceed 1-1/2 times
  the normally required renewal fee.  Notwithstanding Subsection (e),
  a person who has applied for renewal of the license or registration
  under this subsection may engage in activities that require a
  license or registration after the expiration of the license or
  registration until the license or registration is renewed or
  denied.
         (g)  A person whose license or registration has been expired
  for at least 90 days but not more than 180 days may apply for renewal
  of the license or registration by paying to the commission a renewal
  fee in an amount prescribed by commission rule not to exceed two
  times the normally required renewal fee.
         (h)  A person whose license or registration has been expired
  for at least 180 days [more than 30 days] may not renew the license
  or registration.  The person may obtain a new license or
  registration by complying with the requirements and procedures,
  including the examination requirements, for obtaining an original
  license or registration.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
 
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