OCCUPATIONS CODE

CHAPTER 55. RENEWAL OF LICENSE WHILE ON MILITARY DUTY


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


	§ 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, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.