(a) A license or registration holder must renew the license annually to continue to practice land surveying under the provisions of the Surveying Act. If the license or registration renewal requirements are not met by the expiration date of the license or registration, the license or registration shall expire and the license or registration holder may not engage in surveying activities that require a license or registration until the renewal requirements have been met.
(b) Pursuant to §1001.275 of the Act, the board will mail a renewal notice to the last recorded address on file with the board of each license or registration holder at least 30 days prior to the date a person's license or registration is to expire. Regardless of whether the renewal notice is received, the license or registration holder has the sole responsibility to pay the required renewal fee together with any applicable late fees at the time of payment.
(c) A license or registration holder may renew a license or registration by submitting:
  (1) the required annual renewal fee. Payment may be made by personal, company, or other checks drawn on a United States bank (money order or cashier's check), or by electronic means, payable in United States currency;
  (2) the continuing education program documentation as required in §138.17 of this chapter (relating to Continuing Education Program) to the board prior to the expiration date of the license; and
  (3) documentation of submittal of fingerprints for criminal history record check as required by §1001.277 of the Act, unless previously submitted to the board.
(d) Licenses and registrations will expire on December 31.
(e) A license holder who, at the time of his or her annual renewal, has any unpaid administrative penalty owed to the Board or who has failed to comply with any term or condition of a Consent Order, Agreed Board Order, or a Final Board Order shall not be allowed to renew his or her license or registration to practice surveying until such time as the administrative penalty is paid in full or the term or condition is satisfied unless otherwise authorized by the Consent Order, Agreed Board Order, or a Final Board Order.

Source Note: The provisions of this §138.7 adopted to be effective December 24, 2020, 45 TexReg 9206