Bill Text: TX HB3743 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3743 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3743-Enrolled.html

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H.B. No. 3743

AN ACT
relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;
expanding authority to adopt fees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.002, Occupations Code, as amended by
Chapters 663 (H.B. 1560) and 850 (S.B. 713), Acts of the 87th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted to read as
follows:
Sec. 51.002. APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT. The Texas
Commission of Licensing and Regulation and the Texas Department of
Licensing and Regulation are subject to Chapter 325, Government
Code (Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided
by that chapter, the commission and the department are abolished
September 1, 2033.
SECTION 2. Section 51.202(a), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) The commission shall set fees, in amounts reasonable and
necessary to cover the costs of administering the programs or
activities, for:
(1) licenses issued by the department;
(2) license renewals and late renewals;
(3) examinations; and
(4) any other program or activity administered by the
department [for which a fee is authorized].
SECTION 3. Section 51.207(c), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(c) The commission by rule may require an applicant, license
holder, or other person who regularly receives correspondence from
the department to provide an [may satisfy any requirement under
this chapter or another law governing a program subject to
regulation by the department to provide notice by delivering the
notice by] e-mail address to the department for purposes of
receiving correspondence [to the recipient's last known e-mail
address if the recipient has previously authorized the department
to deliver the notice by e-mail]. An e-mail address used under this
subsection is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under
Chapter 552, Government Code.
SECTION 4. Section 51.209, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, Chapter 2110, Government
Code, does not apply to an advisory board established to advise the
commission or department.
SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 51.4014 to read as follows:
Sec. 51.4014. LICENSE APPLICATION FROM INMATE. (a)
Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept an
application from an applicant who is an inmate imprisoned in the
Texas Department of Criminal Justice except that the department may
not issue the license until the applicant has been released.
(b) This section does not limit the ability of the
department to determine or verify the applicant's eligibility for
the license or to issue a provisional or restricted license in
accordance with other law.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3743 was passed by the House on May 4,
2023, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 2, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3743 was passed by the Senate on May
21, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 3.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor