81R13990 CAE-F
 
  By: Duncan S.B. No. 2073
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility to hold the office of notary public.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 406.009(e), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (e)  The following may [dismissal and discharge of
  proceedings under either the misdemeanor adult probation and
  supervision law or the adult probation, parole, and mandatory
  supervision law shall] not be considered a conviction for the
  purposes of determining eligibility and good cause:
               (1)  a dismissal of a proceeding against the defendant
  and discharge of the defendant before an adjudication of guilt; and
               (2)  a finding of guilt that has been set aside.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.