{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.164","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 651.164","heading":"LICENSE EXPIRATION; TERM.","body":"(a) A license issued under this chapter, other than a provisional license, is valid for a term of one or two years as provided by commission rule.\n(b) The commission by rule shall adopt a system under which licenses expire on various dates during the year. For a license that is issued for less than a full term, the commission shall prorate license fees on a monthly basis so that the license holder pays 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.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 651.262 and amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 682, Sec. 1.17, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 562, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 124 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 3. HEALTH PROFESSIONS","SUBTITLE L. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","CHAPTER 651. CREMATORY SERVICES, FUNERAL DIRECTING, AND EMBALMING","SUBCHAPTER D. COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.651.htm#651.164","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"709d2745d841354ca6158d0614288a7ac369f6f0079a3d06b9763856fc4db178","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.163","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-651.165"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}