§ 29:418 — License validity; renewals; suspension of fees

The payment of any reinstatement or licensing fee or the application for renewal of any license imposed by the state or any public or governmental entity which the person who performs service in the uniformed services, as provided in 10 U.S.C. 101, or the National Guard, as provided in 10 U.S.C. 311, validly holds at the time he enters service in the uniformed services shall be suspended until one hundred eighty days after his release from service in the uniformed services or discharge from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services, provided that the person complies with all of the licensing requirements including the payment of fees before the expiration of one hundred eighty days after his release from service in the uniformed services or discharge from hospitalization incidental to his service in the uniformed services. Any license covered by this Section which the person validly held at the time he entered service in the uniformed services shall remain in force and effect until one hundred eighty days after his release from service in the uniformed services, provided that the licensing requirements are complied with, including the payment of any licensing and renewal fees owed.

Legislative History

Acts 1991, 1st E.S., No. 6, §1, eff. April 17, 1991; Acts 1995, No. 716, §1, eff. June 21, 1995; Acts 2013, No. 5, §1.