Bill Text: TX HB3743 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; expanding authority to adopt fees.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-11 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3743 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3743-Enrolled.html
 
 
  H.B. No. 3743
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;
  expanding authority to adopt fees.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 51.002, Occupations Code, as amended by
  Chapters 663 (H.B. 1560) and 850 (S.B. 713), Acts of the 87th
  Legislature, Regular Session, 2021, is reenacted to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 51.002.  APPLICATION OF SUNSET ACT.  The Texas
  Commission of Licensing and Regulation and the Texas Department of
  Licensing and Regulation are subject to Chapter 325, Government
  Code (Texas Sunset Act).  Unless continued in existence as provided
  by that chapter, the commission and the department are abolished
  September 1, 2033.
         SECTION 2.  Section 51.202(a), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The commission shall set fees, in amounts reasonable and
  necessary to cover the costs of administering the programs or
  activities, for:
               (1)  licenses issued by the department;
               (2)  license renewals and late renewals;
               (3)  examinations; and
               (4)  any other program or activity administered by the
  department [for which a fee is authorized].
         SECTION 3.  Section 51.207(c), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The commission by rule may require an applicant, license
  holder, or other person who regularly receives correspondence from
  the department to provide an [may satisfy any requirement under
  this chapter or another law governing a program subject to
  regulation by the department to provide notice by delivering the
  notice by] e-mail address to the department for purposes of
  receiving correspondence [to the recipient's last known e-mail
  address if the recipient has previously authorized the department
  to deliver the notice by e-mail].  An e-mail address used under this
  subsection is confidential and is not subject to disclosure under
  Chapter 552, Government Code.
         SECTION 4.  Section 51.209, Occupations Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  Notwithstanding any other law, Chapter 2110, Government
  Code, does not apply to an advisory board established to advise the
  commission or department.
         SECTION 5.  Subchapter H, Chapter 51, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 51.4014 to read as follows:
         Sec. 51.4014.  LICENSE APPLICATION FROM INMATE. (a)  
  Notwithstanding any other law, the department may accept an
  application from an applicant who is an inmate imprisoned in the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice except that the department may
  not issue the license until the applicant has been released.
         (b)  This section does not limit the ability of the
  department to determine or verify the applicant's eligibility for
  the license or to issue a provisional or restricted license in
  accordance with other law.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3743 was passed by the House on May 4,
  2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 2, 2 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3743 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 28, Nays 3.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor       
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