By: Duncan S.B. No. 2073 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to eligibility to hold the office of notary public. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (e), Section 406.009, Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (e) The following may [dismissal and discharge of proceedings under either the misdemeanor adult probation and supervision law or the adult probation, parole, and mandatory supervision law shall] not be considered a conviction for the purposes of determining eligibility and good cause: (1) a dismissal of a proceeding against the defendant and discharge of the defendant before an adjudication of guilt; and (2) a finding of guilt that has been set aside. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.