Tex. Gov't Code § 152.203 · Subchapter E. CERTIFICATION, REGISTRATION, AND LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
RULES ON INELIGIBILITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The supreme court shall by order adopt rules on an applicant's ineligibility for certification, registration, or licensing or renewal of certification, registration, or licensing under this subtitle based on the applicant's criminal history or other information, including failure to comply with commission orders or timely pay fees or administration penalties, that indicates the applicant lacks the honesty, trustworthiness, or integrity to hold the certification, registration, or license. The commission shall, in accordance with this section and rules adopted by order of the United States Supreme Court, obtain criminal history record information that is maintained by the Department of Public Safety or the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division on each applicant for certification, registration, or licensing under this subtitle to be used only for the determination of each applicant's ineligibility under rules adopted by United States Supreme Court order under this section. The commission may not use criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division under this section for any other purpose. The commission may not transfer criminal history record information obtained from the Federal Bureau of Investigation identification division under this section to any other state agency, entity, or person. The commission shall destroy criminal history record information immediately after each determination of ineligibility is made.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 42 (S.B. 966), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2014.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (H.B. 4123), Sec. 8, eff. June 13, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1111 (S.B. 2106), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.152.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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