CHAPTER 55. RENEWAL OF LICENSE WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY - Texas Statutes

OCCUPATIONS CODE

TITLE 2. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO LICENSING

CHAPTER 55. RENEWAL OF LICENSE WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY

Sec. 55.001. 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 business.

(2) "State agency" means a department, board, bureau,

commission, committee, division, office, council, or agency of

the state.

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

Sec. 55.002. EXEMPTION FROM PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO RENEW

LICENSE. A state agency that issues a license shall adopt rules

to exempt an individual who holds a license issued by the agency

from any increased fee or other penalty imposed by the agency for

failing to renew the license in a timely manner if the individual

establishes to the satisfaction of the agency that the individual

failed to renew the license in a timely manner because the

individual was on active duty in the United States armed forces

serving outside this state.

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

Sec. 55.003. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN DEADLINES FOR ACTIVE DUTY

MILITARY PERSONNEL. A person who holds a license, is a member of

the state military forces or a reserve component of the armed

forces of the United States, and is ordered to active duty by

proper authority is entitled to an additional amount of time,

equal to the total number of years or parts of years that the

person serves on active duty, to complete:

(1) any continuing education requirements; and

(2) any other requirement related to the renewal of the person's

license.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch.

675, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.