Bill Text: TX SB845 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an occupational licensing database.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-27 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB845 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB845-Introduced.html
| 85R465 MAW-D | ||
| By: Huffines | S.B. No. 845 | |
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| relating to an occupational licensing database. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subchapter J to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER J. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING DATABASE | ||
| Sec. 51.501. DEFINITIONS. Notwithstanding Section 51.001, | ||
| in this subchapter: | ||
| (1) "License" includes a certificate, registration, | ||
| permit, or other authorization that is issued by a licensing | ||
| authority. | ||
| (2) "Licensing authority" means a department, | ||
| commission, board, office, or other agency of the state that issues | ||
| a license. | ||
| Sec. 51.502. OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING DATABASE. (a) The | ||
| department shall create and make accessible on an Internet website | ||
| maintained by the department an occupational licensing database as | ||
| provided by this section. | ||
| (b) The database must include with respect to each license | ||
| required by a licensing authority: | ||
| (1) the purpose for which the license is issued; | ||
| (2) the requirements, including the types and number | ||
| of hours of education and other training, necessary for an | ||
| applicant to receive the license; | ||
| (3) the estimated financial cost to an applicant in | ||
| obtaining the license, including the cost of fulfilling education | ||
| and training requirements and application fees; and | ||
| (4) the number of license holders. | ||
| (c) At least annually, the department shall update the | ||
| information in the database for each license, as appropriate. | ||
| (d) To the extent possible, the department shall present | ||
| information in the database in a manner that is searchable and | ||
| intuitive to users. | ||
| (e) The department may not charge a fee to the public to | ||
| access the database. | ||
| Sec. 51.503. REPORTING OF LICENSING INFORMATION TO | ||
| DEPARTMENT. Not later than February 1 of each year, a licensing | ||
| authority shall submit to the department, in a form and in the | ||
| manner prescribed by the department, a report containing the | ||
| information described by Section 51.502(b) and other information | ||
| specified by the department for the purpose of providing the | ||
| department with information to maintain the occupational licensing | ||
| database under Section 51.502. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the Texas | ||
| Department of Licensing and Regulation shall make accessible to the | ||
| public the occupational licensing database required by Section | ||
| 51.502, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
