1. (a) Each licensing entity identified in §2054.2606(a), Government Code that is required to establish a license holder profile system shall, by January 1, 2002, collect five dollars annually from license holders listed in §2054.2606(a), Government Code that are renewing a license. The five dollars per license holder renewal may be collected through increasing the license renewal fees by five dollars per license holder, by the licensing entity covering the five dollars per license holder renewal from other revenues rather than by increasing license renewal fees, or by a combination of increasing license 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. The money shall be transferred from the licensing entity to the department to cover the costs of providing the license holder profile system pursuant to guidelines established by the Office of the Comptroller of Public Accounts.
2. (b) Each state agency licensing entity that opts to establish a license holder profile system pursuant to §2054.2606(b), Government Code, shall collect five dollars annually per license renewal fee payable by each license holder about whom or which information is available through the profile system. The five dollar per year license renewal fee increases shall begin being collected by the licensing entity from affected license holders as soon as reasonably possible after the licensing entity determines to provide the license holder profile system.

Source Note:The provisions of this §210.2 adopted to be effective June 18, 2002, 27 TexReg 5163.