Bill Text: TX SB1200 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain military spouses to engage in a business or occupation in this state.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 8-3)

Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1200 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1200-Enrolled.html
 
 
  S.B. No. 1200
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the authority of certain military spouses to engage in a
  business or occupation in this state.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Section 55.0041 to read as follows:
         Sec. 55.0041.  RECOGNITION OF OUT-OF-STATE LICENSE OF
  MILITARY SPOUSE. (a)  Notwithstanding any other law, a military
  spouse may engage in a business or occupation for which a license is
  required without obtaining the applicable license if the spouse is
  currently licensed in good standing by another jurisdiction that
  has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent to the
  requirements for the license in this state.
         (b)  Before engaging in the practice of the business or
  occupation, the military spouse must:
               (1)  notify the applicable state agency of the spouse's
  intent to practice in this state;
               (2)  submit to the agency proof of the spouse's
  residency in this state and a copy of the spouse's military
  identification card; and
               (3)  receive from the agency confirmation that:
                     (A)  the agency has verified the spouse's license
  in the other jurisdiction; and
                     (B)  the spouse is authorized to engage in the
  business or occupation in accordance with this section.
         (c)  The military spouse shall comply with all other laws and
  regulations applicable to the business or occupation in this state.
         (d)  A military spouse may engage in the business or
  occupation under the authority of this section only for the period
  during which the military service member to whom the military
  spouse is married is stationed at a military installation in this
  state but not to exceed three years from the date the spouse
  receives the confirmation described by Subsection (b)(3).
         (e)  A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules
  to implement this section.  The rules must establish a process for
  the agency to:
               (1)  identify, with respect to each type of license
  issued by the agency, the jurisdictions that have licensing
  requirements that are substantially equivalent to the requirements
  for the license in this state; and
               (2)  verify that a military spouse is licensed in good
  standing in a jurisdiction described by Subdivision (1). 
         (f)  In addition to the rules adopted under Subsection (e), a
  state agency that issues a license may adopt rules to provide for
  the issuance of a license to a military spouse to whom the agency
  provides confirmation under Subsection (b)(3). A license issued
  under this subsection must expire not later than the third
  anniversary of the date the agency provided the confirmation and
  may not be renewed. A state agency may not charge a fee for the
  issuance of the license.
         SECTION 2.  Not later than December 1, 2019, a state agency
  to which Section 55.0041, Occupations Code, as added by this Act,
  applies, shall adopt rules to implement that section.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1200 passed the Senate on
  April 30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
  the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 25, 2019, by the
  following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1200 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 144,
  Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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