Bill Text: TX HB2254 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to apprenticeship requirements for occupational licenses issued to applicants with military experience.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2254 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2254-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2254 |
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relating to apprenticeship requirements for occupational licenses | ||
issued to applicants with military experience. | ||
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. LICENSE FOR [ |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 55.005 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 55.005. APPRENTICESHIP REQUIREMENTS FOR APPLICANT | ||
WITH MILITARY EXPERIENCE. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, if an | ||
apprenticeship is required for an occupational license issued by a | ||
state agency, the state agency shall credit verified military | ||
service, training, or education that is relevant to the occupation | ||
toward the apprenticeship requirements for the license. | ||
(b) The state agency shall adopt rules necessary to | ||
implement this section. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 55.005, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
this Act, applies only to an application for an occupational | ||
license filed on or after May 1, 2014. An application for a license | ||
filed before May 1, 2014, is governed by the law in effect | ||
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is | ||
continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2254 was passed by the House on April | ||
18, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2254 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |