| Old | New | Differences | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 86R12136 GCB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dominguez H.B. No. 4040 | |
| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to eligibility for employment by a dispensing organization | |
| 8 | 8 | licensed under the Texas Compassionate-Use Act based on a criminal | |
| 9 | 9 | history background check. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 487.105, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 12 | 12 | amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (c-1) The criteria established under Subsection (c) must | |
| 14 | 14 | provide that an individual's conviction of or placement on deferred | |
| 15 | 15 | adjudication community supervision for an offense involving the | |
| 16 | 16 | possession of marihuana that was punishable as a misdemeanor does | |
| 17 | 17 | not prevent the individual from passing the criminal history | |
| 18 | 18 | background check for the purposes of this section. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section | |
| 20 | 20 | 487.105, Health and Safety Code, applies to an individual's | |
| 21 | 21 | eligibility for employment with a dispensing organization based on | |
| 22 | 22 | a criminal history background check conducted on or after the | |
| 23 | 23 | effective date of this Act, regardless of when a conviction | |
| 24 | 24 | reported as part of the individual's criminal history occurred. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |