CHAPTER 54. EXAMINATION ON RELIGIOUS HOLY DAY - Texas Statutes

OCCUPATIONS CODE

TITLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING

CHAPTER 54. EXAMINATION ON RELIGIOUS HOLY DAY

Sec. 54.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Religious holy day" means a day on which the tenets of a

religious organization prohibit the organization's members from

participating in secular activities.

(2) "Religious organization" means an organization that

qualifies under Section 11.20, Tax Code.

(3) "State agency" means an agency in the executive,

legislative, or judicial branch of state government that

administers an examination for licensing or other regulatory

purposes.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Sec. 54.002. EXAMINATION SCHEDULED ON RELIGIOUS HOLY DAY. (a)

Each state agency shall adopt a procedure to permit an examinee

who wishes to observe a religious holy day on which the person's

religious beliefs prevent the person from taking an examination

to take an examination scheduled to be administered by the agency

on that religious holy day on an alternate date.

(b) Each state agency shall adopt rules as necessary to

implement this section.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.