Bill Text: TX HB2852 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the consideration of a criminal conviction to determine an applicant's eligibility for certain barbering certificates and licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-12 - Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures [HB2852 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2852-Introduced.html
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By: Dutton | H.B. No. 2852 |
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relating to the consideration of a criminal conviction to determine | ||
an applicant's eligibility for certain barbering certificates and | ||
licenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 53.002, Occupations Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 53.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter does | ||
not apply to: | ||
(1) the Supreme Court of Texas, a person licensed | ||
under the court's authority on behalf of the judicial department of | ||
government, or an applicant for a license issued under the court's | ||
authority on behalf of the judicial department of government; | ||
(2) a person licensed or an applicant for a license | ||
under Chapter 1701; | ||
(3) an applicant for certification as emergency | ||
medical services personnel under Chapter 773, Health and Safety | ||
Code; [ |
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(4) a person who: | ||
(A) is licensed by the Texas Medical Board, the | ||
Texas State Board of Pharmacy, the State Board of Dental Examiners, | ||
or the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners; and | ||
(B) has been convicted of a felony under Chapter | ||
481 or 483 or Section 485.033, Health and Safety Code; or | ||
(5) an applicant for a Class A barber certificate or a | ||
barber technician license under Chapter 1601. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an application for a certificate or license submitted on or after | ||
the effective date of this Act. An application for a certificate or | ||
license submitted before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law in effect on the date the application was submitted, and | ||
the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |