Tex. Occ. Code § 1002.261 · Subchapter F. LICENSE REQUIREMENTS
ISSUANCE OF LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall issue a license to an applicant who meets the requirements of this chapter on payment of the applicable license fee.
(b) The license must:
(1) show the full name of the license holder;
(2) have a serial number;
(3) state the license holder's discipline of geoscience; and
(4) be signed by an appropriate officer of the board under the board's seal.
(c) The issuance by the board of a license is prima facie evidence that during the term of the license the license holder is entitled to all the rights and privileges of a licensed geoscientist.
(d) A licensed geoscientist may engage in the practice of any discipline of geoscience regardless of the discipline of geoscience stated on the person's license.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.004(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1002.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
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