Bill Text: TX HB2484 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of occupational licenses to certain out-of-state applicants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB2484 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2484-Introduced.html
  84R9742 NC-D
 
  By: Schaefer H.B. No. 2484
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the issuance of occupational licenses to certain
  out-of-state applicants.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Title 2, Occupations Code, is amended by adding
  Chapter 60 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 60. LICENSING OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS
         Sec. 60.001.  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 occupation.
               (2)  "State agency" means a department, board, bureau,
  commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of the
  state.
         Sec. 60.002.  LICENSING OF OUT-OF-STATE APPLICANTS.
  Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency that issues a license
  shall waive all education, training, experience, and examination
  requirements for obtaining a license for an applicant for the
  license after reviewing the applicant's credentials and
  determining that:
               (1)  the applicant holds a license issued by another
  state for an occupation that is substantially equivalent to the
  occupation for which the agency issues the license; and
               (2)  the license granted to the applicant by the other
  state has not been restricted, suspended, revoked, or surrendered
  for any reason.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application for a license submitted to a state agency on or
  after the effective date of this Act. An application submitted to a
  state agency before the effective date of this Act is governed by
  the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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