85R9443 JCG-D
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 2072
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of certain persons for a license in
massage therapy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 455.1525(b), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) An applicant is not eligible for a license under this
chapter if the applicant, in the 10 [five] years preceding the date
of the application, has been finally convicted of a misdemeanor
involving moral turpitude or a felony.
SECTION 2. Section 455.1525, Occupations Code, as amended
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, 2017.