- (a) A license holder may renew an unexpired license by paying the required renewal fee to the department.
(b) A person whose license has been expired for 90 days or less may renew the license by paying to the department:
- (1) the required renewal fee; and
- (2) an additional fee equal to one-half of the original license fee.
(c) A person whose license has been expired for more than 90 days but less than two years may renew the license by paying to the department:
- (1) all unpaid renewal fees; and
- (2) an additional fee equal to the original license fee.
- (d) A person whose license has been expired for two years or more may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining an original license.
- (e) Not later than the 30th day before the date a person's license expires, the department shall send written notice of the impending license expiration to the person at the person's last known address.
- (f) This section may not be construed to prevent the department from denying or refusing to renew a license under an applicable law or a rule adopted by the commissioner.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.