{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-504.053","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 504.053","heading":"FEES; ACCOUNT.","body":"(a) The executive commissioner by rule shall set application, examination, license renewal, and other fees in amounts sufficient to cover the costs of administering this chapter. The fees for the issuance or renewal of a license under this chapter shall be set in amounts designed to allow the department to recover from the license holders all of the direct and indirect costs to the department in administering and enforcing this chapter.\n(b) General revenue taxes may not be used to administer this chapter.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1373 (S.B. 155), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 5.108, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE I. REGULATION OF PSYCHOLOGY AND COUNSELING","CHAPTER 504. CHEMICAL DEPENDENCY COUNSELORS","SUBCHAPTER B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF EXECUTIVE COMMISSIONER AND DEPARTMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.504.htm#504.053","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"bc48d2aaf2b912ea894ba2482cd2ff4a972f79585368586b842fbe9468522ad3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-504.052","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-504.054"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}