Bill Text: TX SB1200 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Campbell, Buckingham | S.B. No. 1200 |
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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; and | ||
(2) submit to the agency proof of the spouse's | ||
residency in this state and a copy of the spouse's military | ||
identification card. | ||
(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 not engage in a business or | ||
occupation under the authority of this section for more than three | ||
years after the date the spouse submits the information required | ||
under Subsection (b)(2). | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |