By: Burkett, et al. 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. (a) Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), 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. (b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a fee: (1) described by Section 81.067(c), Natural Resources Code; or (2) collected by the Railroad Commission of Texas under Chapter 113, 116, 131, or 134, Natural Resources Code. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.