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| 1 | 1 | 89R7715 RAL-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Cook H.B. No. 3673 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the issuance of a provisional occupational license to | |
| 10 | 10 | certain applicants with criminal convictions. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Sections 53.0211(b) and (c), Occupations Code, | |
| 13 | 13 | are amended to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (b) Notwithstanding any law other than Subsection (a) and | |
| 15 | 15 | unless the applicant has been convicted of an offense described by | |
| 16 | 16 | Section 53.021(a), a licensing authority shall issue to an | |
| 17 | 17 | otherwise qualified applicant who has been convicted of an offense: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) the license for which the applicant applied; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) a provisional license valid for a term of six | |
| 20 | 20 | months [described by Subsection (c)]. | |
| 21 | 21 | (c) The term of a provisional license issued to an applicant | |
| 22 | 22 | who is an inmate imprisoned in the Texas Department of Criminal | |
| 23 | 23 | Justice begins on the date the applicant is released [A licensing | |
| 24 | 24 | authority may issue a provisional license for a term of six months | |
| 25 | 25 | to an applicant who has been convicted of an offense]. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 27 | 27 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 28 | 28 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |