Bill Text: TX HB798 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain actions taken by certain licensing authorities regarding a license holder or applicant who has been convicted of a Class C misdemeanor.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB798 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB798-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 798 |
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relating to certain actions taken by certain licensing authorities | ||
regarding a license holder or applicant who has been convicted of a | ||
Class C misdemeanor. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 53.021, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a-1) Subsection (a) does not apply to a person who has been | ||
convicted only of an offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor | ||
unless: | ||
(1) the person is an applicant for or the holder of a | ||
license that authorizes the person to possess a firearm; and | ||
(2) the offense for which the person was convicted is a | ||
misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as that term is defined by 18 | ||
U.S.C. Section 921. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | ||
application for, or a disciplinary proceeding regarding, a license | ||
or other authorization that is pending with a licensing authority | ||
on the effective date of this Act or an application filed or a | ||
disciplinary proceeding commenced on or after that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 798 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 798 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 | ||
present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 798 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |