OCCUPATIONS CODE

CHAPTER 54. EXAMINATION ON RELIGIOUS HOLY DAY


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.                    


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.