Rule 3.2 - Renewal Applications(a) A person must not perform work requiring certification, registration, or a license under the Act with an expired certification, registration, or license.(b) The Commission will notify a regulated person by email no later than 30 days before the date that the person's certification, registration, or license is scheduled to expire. A regulated person's failure to receive a renewal notice from the Commission does not exempt the person from any requirement of these rules or of any other rules governing the person's profession.(c) All certification, registration, and license renewal applications, including continuing education reporting, must be submitted through the Commission's online certification, registration, and licensing system on the Commission's website. A regulated person must comply with submission requirements stated on the renewal form. Incomplete applications will not be processed.(d) The renewal application and all applicable fees are due on or before the expiration of the certification, registration, or license. An application is timely if it is submitted on or before its expiration. Failure to submit a renewal application on or before expiration will result in a lapse of the legal authority to practice in accordance with the certification, registration, or license.(e) In order to renew a certification, registration, or license after its expiration, a regulated person must pay late renewal fees as follows: (1) If the renewal application is submitted 90 days or less after expiration, the renewal fee is one and one-half times the normally required renewal fee; and(2) If the renewal application is submitted more than 90 days but less than 1 year after expiration, the renewal fee is twice the normally required renewal fee.(f) Upon the 1-year anniversary of the expiration of a certification, registration, or license, it terminates, becomes permanently invalid, and cannot be renewed. A person; program; corporation; partnership; firm; other business entity; local, county, or regional agency; or nonprofit entity whose certification, registration, or license is invalid may obtain a new certification, registration, or license by fulfilling all requirements, including examination, for obtaining an initial certification, registration, or license. A court reporting firm must pay any unpaid renewal fee under (e)(2) for an invalid registration in order to obtain a new registration.(g) Notwithstanding (f), a person may renew a certification, registration, or license 1 year after expiration or later, if:(1) the person moved to another state or jurisdiction before applying for renewal;(2) the person is certified, registered, or licensed in good standing to engage in the practice of the same profession in the other state or jurisdiction;(3) the person has been engaged in that practice for a period of at least 1 year preceding the date the person applies for renewal; and(4) the person pays a renewal fee which is twice the normally required renewal fee.(h) Any continuing education that is required to be fulfilled as part of the renewal application must be completed prior to the certification, registration, or license expiration date to avoid payment of a late renewal fee.(i) Notwithstanding (b) through (h), a regulated person who fails to renew his or her certification, registration, or license in a timely manner because the person was on active duty in the United States armed forces serving outside this State is exempt from any increased renewal fee that the person would otherwise be required to pay for failing to renew in a timely manner.(j) Notwithstanding (b) through (h): (1) A regulated person who is a member of the state military forces or a reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, and who is ordered to active duty by the proper authority, is entitled to an extension of his or her certification, registration, or license period equal to the deployment period and an additional amount of time to complete any continuing education requirements and any other requirements related to the renewal of the person's certification, registration, or license.(2) The individual must submit to the Director a written request, accompanied by a copy of the orders placing the person on active duty.(3) The Director must make the extension based on information in the copy of the orders provided. The additional amount of time must be equal to the total number of months that the person serves on active duty.(4) An individual making a request under this rule must notify the Director of any change in the length of deployment.(5) A regulated person is exempt from any increased fee or other penalty for failing to renew the person's certification, registration, or license in a timely manner if the individual furnishes to the Commission satisfactory documentation that the individual failed to renew in a timely manner because the individual was on active duty in the United States armed forces serving outside this State.(k) The Commission must refuse to accept a regulated person's application for renewal if the Commission receives notice of child support arrearages pursuant to Section 232.0135 of the Family Code. Upon receipt of further notice that the person has complied with Section 232.0135(b), the Commission must accept an application for renewal subject to all requirements of these rules. The Commission may refuse to accept a regulated person's application for renewal if the person has failed to comply with an order of the Commission, including the failure to pay an administrative penalty, failure to pay other fees, or failure to adhere to the terms or conditions of the revocation or suspension of a certification, license, or registration.Tex. R. Judi. Cert. Commi. 3.2
Amended effective 4/12/2018 immediately; amended effective 9/1/2018; amended 6/16/2020effective immediately; amended 11/17/2023effective immediately.