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 |
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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. |