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  89R17038 DNC-F     By: Flores, Cole, Howard, Rodríguez Ramos H.B. No. 3566     Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3566:     By:  Moody C.S.H.B. No. 3566       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the frequency of county bail bond board meetings.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1704.055, Occupations Code, is amended   by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as   follows:          (b)  Except as provided by Subsections  [ Subsection ] (c) and   (d) , a board shall meet:                (1)  at least once a month; and                (2)  at other times at the call of the presiding   officer.           (d)     A board in a county with a population of less than 1.3   million and containing a municipality with a population of 750,000   or more shall meet:                 (1)     at least six times each year during the months of   January, March, May, July, September, and November at the call of   the presiding officer; and                 (2)     at other times at the call of the presiding   officer.            SECTION 2.  Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (h)  Notwithstanding the expiration date of a license issued   under this chapter, if a board to which Section 1704.055(c) or (d)   applies tables a license holder's application for renewal or   otherwise does not take action to approve or deny the application,   the applicant's current license continues in effect until the next   meeting of the board.          SECTION 3.  Section 1704.162(h), Occupations Code, as   amended by this Act, applies only to an application for renewal of a   license filed with a county bail bond board on or after the   effective date of this Act. An application filed before that date   is governed by the law in effect at the time the application was   filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect July 1, 2025, if it   receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each   house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.     If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for effect on that   date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2025.