83R10395 MAW-D
By: Phillips H.B. No. 2280
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the criminal offense of prohibited employment with a
bail bonding business.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1704.302(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) A person may not accept or receive [from a license
holder] money, property, or any other thing of value as payment for
employment with a bonding business if, within the preceding 10
years, the person has been convicted of a misdemeanor involving
moral turpitude or of a felony.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.