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OCCUPATIONS CODE

CHAPTER 55. RENEWAL OF LICENSE WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY


	§ 55.001. DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                                    
		(1)  "License" means a license, certificate, 
registration, permit, or other form of authorization required by 
law or a state agency rule that must be obtained by an individual to 
engage in a particular business.
		(2)  "State agency" means a department, board, bureau, 
commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of the 
state.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.                    


	§ 55.002. EXEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO RENEW 
LICENSE.  A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules to 
exempt an individual who holds a license issued by the agency from 
any increased fee or other penalty imposed by the agency for failing 
to renew the license in a timely manner if the individual 
establishes to the satisfaction of the agency that the individual 
failed to renew the license in a timely manner because the 
individual was on active duty in the United States armed forces 
serving outside this state.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.                    


	§ 55.003. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES FOR ACTIVE DUTY 
MILITARY PERSONNEL.  A person who holds a license, is a member of 
the state military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces 
of the United States, and is ordered to active duty by proper 
authority is entitled to an additional amount of time, equal to the 
total number of years or parts of years that the person serves on 
active duty, to complete:
		(1)  any continuing education requirements;  and                              
		(2)  any other requirement related to the renewal of 
the person's license.  

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 675, § 1, eff. June 17, 2005.