2011 Texas Statutes
OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 2 - GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING
CHAPTER 55 - LICENSE WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY AND FOR MILITARY SPOUSE

OCCUPATIONS CODE

TITLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING

CHAPTER 55. LICENSE WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY AND FOR MILITARY SPOUSE

Sec. 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 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, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 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, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.

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).

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 930, Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.