Bill Text: TX SB834 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the issuance of an occupational license to certain applicants with prior convictions.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB834 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB834-Introduced.html

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86R8253 MAW-F
By: Powell S.B. No. 834

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of an occupational license to certain
applicants with prior convictions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 53.0211(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Notwithstanding any law other than Subsection (a) and
unless the applicant has been convicted of an offense described by
Section 53.021(a)(1), (3), or (4), or an offense described by
Section 53.021(a)(2) that is punishable as a felony [53.021(a)], a
licensing authority shall issue to an otherwise qualified applicant
who has been convicted of an offense:
(1) the license for which the applicant applied; or
(2) a provisional license described by Subsection (c).
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a license submitted on or after the effective
date of this Act. An application for a 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.