Bill Text: TX HB2028 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility requirements for plumbing licenses issued to applicants with military service.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-2)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective immediately [HB2028 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2028-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2028 | ||
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| relating to the eligibility requirements for plumbing licenses | ||
| issued to applicants with military service. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 1301, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1301.3585 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1301.3585. LICENSE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR | ||
| APPLICANTS WITH MILITARY EXPERIENCE. (a) Notwithstanding any | ||
| other law, the board shall credit verified military service, | ||
| training, or education toward the licensing requirements, other | ||
| than examination requirements, for a license issued under this | ||
| chapter by the board. | ||
| (b) The board shall expedite the issuance of a provisional | ||
| license or a license by endorsement or reciprocity under this | ||
| chapter to an applicant who: | ||
| (1) has verified military experience; and | ||
| (2) holds a current license issued by another | ||
| jurisdiction that has license requirements that are substantially | ||
| equivalent to the license requirements of this state. | ||
| (c) The board shall adopt rules necessary to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) Section 1301.3585, Occupations Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to an application for a license | ||
| filed on or after May 1, 2014. An application for a license filed | ||
| before May 1, 2014, is governed by the law in effect on the date the | ||
| application was filed, and that law is continued in effect for that | ||
| purpose. | ||
| (b) The Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners shall adopt | ||
| rules under Section 1301.3585, Occupations Code, as added by this | ||
| Act, not later than March 1, 2014. | ||
| 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, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2028 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
| 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 2028 on May 24, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, | ||
| 2 present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2028 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 22, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
