| (a) Each licensing entity identified in §2054.2606(a),
Government Code that is required to establish a license holder profile
system may collect a fee approved by the department from license holders
listed in §2054.2606(a), Government Code that are applying for
an initial license or are renewing an existing license. The fee may
be collected through increasing the license issuance and renewal fees,
by the licensing entity covering the fee from other revenues rather
than increasing license issuance and renewal fees, or by a combination
of increasing license issuance and renewal fees by less than the specified
fee per license holder and covering a portion of the fee per license
holder from other revenues of the licensing entity. Any fees to cover
the costs of providing the license holder profile system shall be
processed by the licensing entity pursuant to guidelines established
by the department and the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
(b) Each state agency licensing entity that opts to
establish a license holder profile system pursuant to §2054.2606(b),
Government Code, may collect five dollars annually per license issuance
or renewal fee payable by each license holder about whom or which
information is available through the profile system. The five dollar
fee may be collected through increasing the license issuance and renewal
fees by five dollars per license holder, by the licensing entity covering
the fee from other revenues rather than by increasing license issuance
and renewal fees, or by a combination of increasing license issuance
and renewal fees by less than five dollars per license holder and
covering a portion of the five dollars per license holder from other
revenues of the licensing entity.
|
