Bill Text: TX HB798 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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By: Thompson of Harris | 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(a), Occupations Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) A licensing authority may suspend or revoke a license, | ||
disqualify a person from receiving a license, or deny to a person | ||
the opportunity to take a licensing examination on the grounds that | ||
the person has been convicted of an offense, other than an offense | ||
punishable as a Class C misdemeanor, that: | ||
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and responsibilities of the licensed occupation; | ||
(2) [ |
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duties and responsibilities of the licensed occupation and that was | ||
committed less than five years before the date the person applies | ||
for the license; | ||
(3) is [ |
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42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; or | ||
(4) is a sexually violent offense, as defined by | ||
Article 62.001, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
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. |