Tex. Agric. Code § 12.024 · Chapter 12. POWERS AND DUTIES
LATE RENEWAL OF LICENSE OR REGISTRATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is otherwise eligible to renew a license or registration may renew an unexpired license or registration by paying the required renewal fee to the department before the expiration date of the license or registration. A person whose license or registration has expired may not engage in activities that require a license or registration until the license or registration has been renewed under the provisions of this section.
(b) If the person's license or registration has been expired for 90 days or less, the person may renew the license or registration by paying to the department 1-1/2 times the required renewal fee.
(c) If the person's license or registration has been expired for longer than 90 days but less than one year, the person may renew the license or registration by paying to the department two times the required renewal fee.
(d) If the person's license or registration has been expired for one year or longer, the person may not renew the license or registration. The person may obtain a new license or registration by submitting to reexamination, if applicable, and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license or registration.
(e) If the person was licensed or registered in this state, moved to another state, and is currently licensed or registered and has been in practice in the other state for the two years preceding application, the person may renew an expired license or registration without reexamination, if required. The person must pay to the department a fee that is equal to two times the required renewal fee for the license or registration.
(f) At least 30 days before the expiration of a person's license or registration, the department shall attempt to send notice of the impending license or registration expiration to the person at the license holder's or registrant's last known e-mail or physical address according to the records of the department.
(g) The department by rule shall set fees required by this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 230, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 650, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1016, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 2.04, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 924 (H.B. 1494), Sec. 2.01, eff. September 1, 2013.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.12.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Agric. Code § 12.024. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Agriculture Code
- Tex. Agric. Code § 14.023LICENSING PROCEDURE.Printed as Section 12.024
- Tex. Agric. Code § 71.043ANNUAL REGISTRATION.Printed as Section 12.024
- Tex. Agric. Code § 71.057NURSERY DEALERS AND AGENTS; ANNUAL REGISTRATION.Printed as Section 12.024
- Tex. Agric. Code § 76.044FEES.Printed as Section 12.024
- Tex. Agric. Code § 76.073FEES.Printed as Section 12.024
- Tex. Agric. Code § 76.113TERM AND RENEWAL OF LICENSES.Printed as Section 12.024
- Tex. Agric. Code § 101.008TERM AND RENEWAL OF LICENSE.Printed as Section 12.024
- Tex. Agric. Code § 132.025TIME FOR PAYMENT OF LICENSE FEE.Printed as Section 12.024
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