Sec. 1704.162.  LICENSE EXPIRATION AND RENEWAL.  (a)  A license issued or renewed under this chapter expires on the second anniversary after the date the license is issued or is to expire, as appropriate, if the license:
(1)  has been issued for less than eight consecutive years;  or
(2)  has been suspended.
(b)  To renew a license, a license holder must file with the board an application for renewal not later than the 31st day before the license expiration date.
(c)  An application for renewal must comply with the requirements for an original license application under Section 1704.154, including the $500 filing fee requirement.
(d)  A board shall approve an application for renewal if:
(1)  the applicant's current license is not suspended or revoked;
(2)  the application complies with the requirements of this chapter;  and
(3)  the board does not determine that a ground exists to deny the application.
(e)  A person who applies to renew a license that has been held by the person for at least eight consecutive years without having been suspended or revoked under this chapter and who complies with the requirements of this chapter may renew the license for a period of 36 months from the date of expiration if the board:
(1)  knows of no legal reason why the license should not be renewed;  and
(2)  determines that the applicant has submitted an annual financial report to each county bail bond board before the anniversary date of the issuance of the applicant's license.
(f)  A license renewed under Subsection (e) may be renewed subsequently each 36 months in a similar manner.
(g)  The board may disapprove an application only by entering an order.
(h)  Notwithstanding the expiration date of a license issued under this chapter, if a board to which Section 1704.055(c) 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. 
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.505(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 942, Sec. 19, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1011 (H.B. 885), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.