Sec. 134.071.  TERM.  (a)  A permit is issued for a term not to exceed five years.
(b)  The commission may grant a permit for a specified longer term if:
(1)  an applicant demonstrates that a specified longer term is reasonably needed to allow the applicant to obtain necessary financing for equipment or the opening of the operation;  and
(2)  the application for the specified longer term is complete.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 12.02(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.