Bill Text: TX SB1200 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of a license by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation to certain out-of-state applicants; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1200 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1200-Introduced.html
| 88R11949 JCG-D | ||
| By: Hall | S.B. No. 1200 | |
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| relating to the issuance of a license by the Texas Department of | ||
| Licensing and Regulation to certain out-of-state applicants; | ||
| authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 51.4043 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 51.4043. ISSUANCE OF LICENSE TO CERTAIN OUT-OF-STATE | ||
| APPLICANTS. (a) The department shall issue a license to an | ||
| applicant who pays any required fees and: | ||
| (1) holds a current license in good standing in | ||
| another state with a similar scope of practice, as determined by the | ||
| commission; | ||
| (2) has held the license for at least one year; | ||
| (3) was required to pass an examination or meet other | ||
| experience, education, or training requirements to obtain the | ||
| license; | ||
| (4) does not have a disqualifying criminal history as | ||
| determined by the commission; | ||
| (5) has not been subject to the revocation or | ||
| surrender of the license in any state due to negligence or | ||
| intentional misconduct in the performance of work under the | ||
| license; and | ||
| (6) is not currently the subject of a complaint or | ||
| investigation in the other state for an act that constitutes | ||
| unprofessional conduct or an offense. | ||
| (b) With respect to an application for a license under a | ||
| program regulated by the department submitted by an applicant from | ||
| another state that does not require a license to engage in the | ||
| activity for which the license is sought in this state, the | ||
| department shall consider the work experience of the applicant as | ||
| sufficient for the issuance of the license if the applicant: | ||
| (1) has engaged in the activity for at least three | ||
| years; and | ||
| (2) satisfies the requirements of Subsections (a)(4) | ||
| and (6). | ||
| (c) An applicant for a license under this section may be | ||
| required to pass a jurisprudence examination specific to the | ||
| relevant laws of this state applicable to the activities for which | ||
| the license is sought if a similar examination is required to obtain | ||
| the license for all other applicants. | ||
| (d) The department shall provide an applicant under this | ||
| section with a written decision regarding the application not later | ||
| than the 30th day after the date the application is submitted. | ||
| (e) The commission may impose a fee not to exceed $100 for an | ||
| application under this section. | ||
| (f) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. (a) The Texas Commission of Licensing and | ||
| Regulation shall adopt rules required by Section 51.4043, | ||
| Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than January 1, | ||
| 2024. | ||
| (b) Section 51.4043, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, | ||
| applies only to an application for a license submitted to the Texas | ||
| Department of Licensing and Regulation on or after February 1, | ||
| 2024. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
