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| 1 | 1 | 86R11411 JCG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Alvarado S.B. No. 965 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the consequences of a criminal conviction on a person's | |
| 8 | 8 | eligibility for an occupational license. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 53.021(a-1), Occupations Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) Subsections (a)(1), (3), and (4) do [Subsection (a) | |
| 13 | 13 | does] not apply to a person who has been convicted only of an | |
| 14 | 14 | offense punishable as a Class C misdemeanor, and Subsection (a)(2) | |
| 15 | 15 | does not apply to a person who has been convicted only of an offense | |
| 16 | 16 | punishable as a Class B or C misdemeanor, unless: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the person is an applicant for or the holder of a | |
| 18 | 18 | license that authorizes the person to possess a firearm; and | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) the offense for which the person was convicted is a | |
| 20 | 20 | misdemeanor crime of domestic violence as that term is defined by 18 | |
| 21 | 21 | U.S.C. Section 921. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to an | |
| 23 | 23 | application for, or a disciplinary proceeding regarding, a license | |
| 24 | 24 | or other authorization that is pending with a licensing authority | |
| 25 | 25 | on the effective date of this Act or an application filed or a | |
| 26 | 26 | disciplinary proceeding commenced on or after that date. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |