Tex. Occ. Code § 254.004 · Chapter 254. BOARD POWERS AND DUTIES
FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The board shall establish reasonable and necessary fees so that the fees, in the aggregate, produce sufficient revenue to cover the cost of administering this subtitle.
(b) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 448 , Sec. 31(l)(3), eff. September 1, 2015.
(c) The board shall collect an additional $55 surcharge for each of the following fees:
(1) the fee for the issuance of a dental license; and
(2) the fee for the renewal of a dental license.
(d) The board shall deposit each surcharge collected to the credit of the dental public assurance account. The dental public assurance account is an account in the general revenue fund that shall be appropriated only to the board to pay for the board's enforcement program, including an expert panel.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.075(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 3201), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 448 (H.B. 7), Sec. 31(l)(3), eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.254.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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