Bill Text: TX SB1733 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the military.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [SB1733 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1733-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 1733 |
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relating to the occupational licensing of spouses of members of the | ||
military. | ||
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. [ |
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MILITARY SPOUSE | ||
SECTION 2. Chapter 55, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 55.004 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 55.004. ALTERNATIVE LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR MILITARY | ||
SPOUSE. (a) A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules | ||
for the issuance of the license to an applicant who is the spouse of | ||
a person serving on active duty as a member of the armed forces of | ||
the United States and: | ||
(1) holds a current license issued by another state | ||
that has licensing requirements that are substantially equivalent | ||
to the requirements for the license; or | ||
(2) within the five years preceding the application | ||
date held the license in this state that expired while the applicant | ||
lived in another state for at least six months. | ||
(b) Rules adopted under this section must include | ||
provisions to allow alternative demonstrations of competency to | ||
meet the requirements for obtaining the license. | ||
(c) The executive director of a state agency may issue a | ||
license by endorsement in the same manner as the Texas Commission of | ||
Licensing and Regulation under Section 51.404 to an applicant | ||
described by Subsection (a). | ||
SECTION 3. 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, 2011. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1733 passed the Senate on | ||
April 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that | ||
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 2011, by the | ||
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1733 passed the House, with | ||
amendment, on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, | ||
Nays 0, one present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |