Bill Text: TX HB1237 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and registrations.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB1237 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB1237-Introduced.html

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89R3352 ANG-D
By: Guillen H.B. No. 1237

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the renewal by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality of certain expired occupational licenses and
registrations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.006, Water Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (f) and (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read
as follows:
(f) A person whose license or registration has been expired
for not more than 90 [30] days [or less] may apply for renewal of the
license or registration by paying to the commission a renewal fee in
an amount prescribed by commission rule not to exceed 1-1/2 times
the normally required renewal fee.
(g) A person whose license or registration has been expired
for at least 90 days but not more than one year may apply for renewal
of the license or registration by paying to the commission a renewal
fee in an amount prescribed by commission rule not to exceed two
times the normally required renewal fee.
(h) A person whose license or registration has been expired
for at least one year [more than 30 days] may not renew the license
or registration. The person may obtain a new license or
registration by complying with the requirements and procedures,
including the examination requirements, for obtaining an original
license or registration.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.