Bill Text: TX SB162 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the military and the eligibility requirements for certain occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB162 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB162-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the military and the eligibility requirements for certain occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-18 - Effective immediately [SB162 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB162-Introduced.html
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By: Van de Putte | S.B. No. 162 |
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relating to the occupational licensing of members of the military | ||
and spouses of members of the military. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 55. LICENSING OF MILITARY SERVICE MEMBERS, RECENT VETERANS, | ||
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SECTION 2. Section 55.001, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subdivisions (1-a), (1-b), and (1-c) to read as follows: | ||
(1-a) "Military service member" means a person who is | ||
currently serving in the armed forces of the United States, in a | ||
reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, | ||
including the National Guard, or in the state military service of | ||
any state. | ||
(1-b) "Military spouse" means a person who is married | ||
to a military service member who is currently on active duty. | ||
(1-c) "Recent veteran" means a person who has served | ||
as a military service member within the 12 months preceding the date | ||
the person applied for a license in this state. | ||
SECTION 3. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Sections 55.005 and 55.006 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 55.005. EXPEDITED LICENSE PROCEDURE. (a) A state | ||
agency that issues a license shall, as soon as practicable after a | ||
military service member, recent veteran, or military spouse files | ||
an application for a license: | ||
(1) process the application; and | ||
(2) issue a license to a qualified applicant who holds | ||
a current license issued by another jurisdiction, including a | ||
branch of the armed forces of the United States, that has licensing | ||
requirements that are substantially equivalent to the licensing | ||
requirements in this state. | ||
(b) A license issued under this section may not be a | ||
provisional license and must confer the same rights, privileges, | ||
and responsibilities as a license not issued under this section. | ||
Sec. 55.006. RENEWAL OF EXPEDITED LICENSE. (a) As soon as | ||
practicable after a state agency issues a license under Section | ||
55.005, the state agency shall determine the requirements for the | ||
license holder to renew the license. The renewal requirements must | ||
be designed so that the license holder must, in order to renew the | ||
license, satisfy the requirements for the issuance of an original | ||
license in this state and the requirements to renew the license in | ||
this state. | ||
(b) The agency shall notify the license holder of the | ||
requirements for renewing the license in writing. | ||
(c) A license issued under Section 55.005 expires on the | ||
first anniversary of the date the state agency provides notice of | ||
the renewal requirements under Subsection (b). The license holder | ||
may not renew the license unless the license holder complies with | ||
the renewal requirements described by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 4. Section 55.004, Occupations Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 5. Sections 55.005 and 55.006, Occupations Code, as | ||
added by this Act, apply only to an application for a license filed | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a | ||
license filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by | ||
the law in effect on the date the application was filed, and that | ||
law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 6. A state agency that issues an occupational | ||
license shall adopt any rules necessary to implement Sections | ||
55.005 and 55.006, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later | ||
than January 1, 2014. | ||
SECTION 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |