Sec. 202.301. ANNUAL LICENSE RENEWAL

(a) The board by rule may adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year, and the dates for sending notice that payment is due and dates of suspension, revocation, and assessment of a penalty for nonpayment shall be adjusted accordingly. For the year in which the license renewal date is changed, license fees payable on November 1 shall be prorated on a monthly basis so that each license holder shall pay only that portion of the license fee that is allocable to the number of months during which the license is valid. On renewal of the license on the new expiration date, the total license renewal fee is payable.

(b) At least 30 days before the expiration of a person's license, the board shall send written notice of the impending license expiration to the person at the person's last known address according to the board's records.

(c) A person may renew the person's unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the board before the expiration date of the license.

(d) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license by paying to the board a fee equal to 1-1/2 times the required renewal fee. If a license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than one year, the person may renew the license by paying to the board a fee equal to two times the required renewal fee.

(e) If a person's license has been expired for one year or longer, the person may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 26 , Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2005.