Bill Text: TX HB1237 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective on 9/1/25 [HB1237 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1237-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 1237

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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1237 was passed by the House on May 7,
2025, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 9, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 1237 on May 28, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 98, Nays 35,
2 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1237 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor