Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.401
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1301.401, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1301.401. ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIRED; EXCEPTION.
Official statutory text
(a) A license, registration, or endorsement under this chapter is valid for one year. Except as provided by Subsection (d), on payment of the required fee, a license, registration, or endorsement may be renewed annually.
(b) The board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses, endorsements, and registrations expire on various dates during the year.
(c) An endorsement issued under Section 1301.356, 1301.3565, or 1301.357 expires on the date the master plumber or journeyman plumber license of the endorsement holder expires. The board shall adopt rules to provide for the license holder to renew the endorsement in the same transaction as the license if the license holder:
(1) has completed any continuing education requirement established by rule and applicable to the endorsement; and
(2) complies with other requirements prescribed by board rule.
(d) A person who is employed by, under contract with, or engaged as a volunteer by a school or institution of higher education to provide instruction in a career and technology education program described by Section 1301.3542 and provides meaningful course instruction in the program, as determined under rules adopted under Section 1301.407, is not required to pay a fee to renew the person's license.
(b) The board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses, endorsements, and registrations expire on various dates during the year.
(c) An endorsement issued under Section 1301.356, 1301.3565, or 1301.357 expires on the date the master plumber or journeyman plumber license of the endorsement holder expires. The board shall adopt rules to provide for the license holder to renew the endorsement in the same transaction as the license if the license holder:
(1) has completed any continuing education requirement established by rule and applicable to the endorsement; and
(2) complies with other requirements prescribed by board rule.
(d) A person who is employed by, under contract with, or engaged as a volunteer by a school or institution of higher education to provide instruction in a career and technology education program described by Section 1301.3542 and provides meaningful course instruction in the program, as determined under rules adopted under Section 1301.407, is not required to pay a fee to renew the person's license.
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