Bill Text: TX HB1055 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed


Bill Title: Relating to a limitation on the amount of certain licensing fees charged by state agencies.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB1055 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1055-Engrossed.html
 
 
  By: Burkett, et al. H.B. No. 1055
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
 
  relating to a limitation on the amount of certain licensing fees
  charged by state agencies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Section 57.003 to read as follows:
         Sec. 57.003.  FEES RELATED TO LICENSING.  (a)  
  Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection
  (b), a state agency may not increase the amount of a fee established
  on or before January 1, 2017, for the issuance or renewal of a
  license issued by the agency, to an amount greater than the amount
  of that fee on January 1, 2017.
         (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a fee:
               (1)  described by Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources
  Code; or
               (2)  collected by the Railroad Commission of Texas
  under Chapter 113, 116, 131, or 134, Natural Resources Code.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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