Bill Text: TX HB2740 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the posting of certain business and occupational licensing information on state agency websites and the Texas Veterans Portal.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2021-05-17 - Referred to Vet Affairs & Border Security [HB2740 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2740-Introduced.html

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87R6098 RDS-D
By: Lopez H.B. No. 2740

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the posting of certain business and occupational
licensing information on state agency websites and the Texas
Veterans Portal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 55.010, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 55.010. NOTICE OF CHAPTER PROVISIONS. (a) A state
agency that issues a license shall [prominently] post [a notice] on
the [home page of the] agency's Internet website:
(1) a list of the licenses issued by the agency with a
description of the type of business or occupation covered by each
license; and
(2) a description of [describing] the provisions of
this chapter that are available to military service members,
military veterans, and military spouses.
(b) A state agency shall post the information required by
Subsection (a):
(1) prominently on the home page of the agency's
Internet website; or
(2) on a single page of the agency's Internet website
with a prominent link to that page on the home page.
(c) A state agency that issues a license shall provide to
the Texas Veterans Commission a direct link to the information
required by Subsection (a). The Texas Veterans Commission shall
post the links on a single page of the veterans website maintained
under Section 434.102, Government Code, that is known as the Texas
Veterans Portal.
SECTION 2. (a) Not later than December 1, 2021, a state
agency shall post on the agency's Internet website the information
required by Section 55.010, Occupations Code, as amended by this
Act, and provide to the Texas Veterans Commission the links
required by that section.
(b) Not later than January 1, 2022, the Texas Veterans
Commission shall post on the Texas Veterans Portal the information
required by Section 55.010(c), Occupations Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.