Bill Text: TX HB2453 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a digital occupational license by a state agency, county, or municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2453 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2453-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a digital occupational license by a state agency, county, or municipality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB2453 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2453-Introduced.html
By: Guillen | H.B. No. 2453 |
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relating to the issuance of digital licenses by a licensing agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 59, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 59.002 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 59.002. A DIGITAL LICENSE. (a) A licensing agency may | ||
issue a digital license, certificate of registration or other legal | ||
authorization. If a licensing agency provides a digital license, | ||
the rules must provide that: | ||
(1) the digital license be in a secure format and | ||
readily accessible by the license holder through an Internet | ||
website and on a wireless communication device; | ||
(2) the public be able to view a license holder 's | ||
digital license through an Internet website or a Quick Response | ||
code; and | ||
(3) if the department contracts with a vendor for the | ||
issuance of a digital license, the digital license be in a format in | ||
which the vendor and the department can verify the validity of the | ||
license. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |