87R114 GCB-D
By: Dominguez, Guillen, Morales of Maverick H.B. No. 1108
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the eligibility of an individual to be issued a license
to operate as a dispensing organization under the Texas
Compassionate-Use Act, or to act as a director, manager, or
employee of a dispensing organization, based on a criminal history
background check.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 487.105, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) The criteria established under Subsection (c) must
provide that an individual's conviction of or placement on deferred
adjudication community supervision for an offense involving the
possession of marihuana that was punishable as a misdemeanor does
not prevent the individual from passing the criminal history
background check for the purposes of this section.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
487.105, Health and Safety Code, applies to an individual's
eligibility to be issued a license to operate as a dispensing
organization, or to act as a director, manager, or employee of a
dispensing organization, based on a criminal history background
check conducted on or after the effective date of this Act,
regardless of when a conviction reported as part of the
individual's criminal history occurred.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.