H.B. No. 901
AN ACT
relating to expiration dates for certain licenses issued or renewed
by the Department of Agriculture.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 61.013(d), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(d) A vegetable seed license expires on the first
anniversary of the date on which it was issued or renewed [August 31
of each year].
SECTION 2. Sections 76.113(a) and (b), Agriculture Code,
are amended to read as follows:
(a) Each commercial applicator or noncommercial applicator
license expires on the first anniversary of the date on [the last
day of February of the year following the year in] which it was
issued or renewed.
(b) Each private applicator license expires on the fifth
anniversary of the date on [the last day of February of the fifth
year following the year in] which it was issued or renewed.
SECTION 3. Section 121.004(b), Agriculture Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) A certificate of authority expires on the first
anniversary of the date on [December 31 of the year in] which it was
[is] issued or renewed.
SECTION 4. Section 132.024, Agriculture Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 132.024. LICENSE EXPIRATION [YEAR]. [(a) Except as
provided by Subsection (b) of this section, a license required by
this chapter is valid from September 1 of each year through August
31 of the following year.
[(b)] A license issued or renewed [to a new business] under
this chapter expires on the first anniversary of [is valid from] the
date of issuance or renewal [through the following August 31,
unless the new license is issued in August, in which event the
license is valid through August 31 of the following year].
SECTION 5. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a license issued or renewed on or after the effective date of
this Act. A license issued or renewed before the effective date of
this Act is governed by the law in effect when the license was
issued or renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 901 was passed by the House on March
23, 2005, by a non-record vote.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 901 was passed by the Senate on May 3,
2005, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor