Texas § OC.1301.401 - ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIRED
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§ OC.1301.401. ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIRED
ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIRED; EXCEPTION. (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. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.307(c), eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137 (H.B. 636 ), Sec. 18, eff. May 26, 2021.
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Section OC.1301.401 ("ANNUAL RENEWAL REQUIRED") is part of the The Texas Constitution, the codified statutory law of Texas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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