85R2311 MAW-D By: Burkett H.B. No. 1055 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to a limitation on the amount of certain licensing fees charged by state agencies. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 57, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 57.003 to read as follows: Sec. 57.003. FEES RELATED TO LICENSING. Notwithstanding any other law, a state agency may not increase the amount of a fee established on or before January 1, 2017, for the issuance or renewal of a license issued by the agency, to an amount greater than the amount of that fee on January 1, 2017. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.