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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain employment and occupational licensing |
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restrictions based on a person's prior conviction. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.092, Education Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: |
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(c-1) Notwithstanding any other law, a person is not |
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ineligible for employment in a public school as a food service |
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worker solely because the person has been convicted of a |
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nonviolent, nonsexual offense. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 53, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 53.027 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 53.027. ELIGIBILITY FOR CERTAIN LICENSES. (a) This |
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section applies only to a license issued under: |
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(1) Title 3; |
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(2) Title 7; |
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(3) Title 8; or |
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(4) Title 12. |
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(b) Notwithstanding any other law, an applicant may not be |
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denied a license to which this section applies based solely on the |
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applicant having been convicted of a nonviolent, nonsexual offense. |
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SECTION 3. Section 522.081, Transportation Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: |
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(i) Notwithstanding any other law, a person may not be |
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disqualified from driving a commercial motor vehicle based solely |
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on the person having been convicted of a nonviolent, nonsexual |
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offense. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |