Tex. Occ. Code § 53.0231 · Subchapter B. INELIGIBILITY FOR LICENSE
NOTICE OF PENDING DENIAL OF LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a licensing authority may not deny a person a license or the opportunity to be examined for a license because of the person's prior conviction of an offense unless the licensing authority:
(1) provides written notice to the person of the reason for the intended denial; and
(2) allows the person not less than 30 days to submit any relevant information to the licensing authority.
(b) A notice required under Subsection (a) must contain, as applicable:
(1) a statement that the person is disqualified from receiving the license or being examined for the license because of the person's prior conviction of an offense specified in the notice; or
(2) a statement that:
(A) the final decision of the licensing authority to deny the person a license or the opportunity to be examined for the license will be based on the factors listed in Section 53.023(a); and
(B) it is the person's responsibility to obtain and provide to the licensing authority evidence regarding the factors listed in Section 53.023(a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 1342), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2019.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.53.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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