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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of an individual to be issued a license |
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to operate as a dispensing organization under the Texas |
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Compassionate-Use Act, or to act as a director, manager, or |
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employee of a dispensing organization, based on a criminal history |
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background check. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 487.105, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) The criteria established under Subsection (c) must |
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provide that an individual's conviction of or placement on deferred |
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adjudication community supervision for an offense involving the |
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possession of marihuana that was punishable as a misdemeanor does |
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not prevent the individual from passing the criminal history |
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background check for the purposes of this section. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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487.105, Health and Safety Code, applies to an individual's |
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eligibility to be issued a license to operate as a dispensing |
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organization, or to act as a director, manager, or employee of a |
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dispensing organization, based on a criminal history background |
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check conducted on or after the effective date of this Act, |
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regardless of when a conviction reported as part of the |
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individual's criminal history occurred. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |