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.