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Occupations Code §1701.312

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In force on May 15, 2014 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2011 · same as today's text

DISQUALIFICATION: FELONY CONVICTION OR PLACEMENT ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION

(a) A person who has been convicted of a felony is disqualified to be an officer, public security officer, telecommunicator, or county jailer, and the commission may not issue a license to, and a law enforcement agency may not appoint or employ, the person. (b) For purposes of this section and Section 1701.502 , a person is convicted of a felony if a court enters an adjudication of guilt against the person on a felony offense under the laws of this or another state or the United States, regardless of whether: (1) the sentence is subsequently probated and the person is discharged from community supervision; (2) the accusation, complaint, information, or indictment against the person is dismissed and the person is released from all penalties and disabilities resulting from the offense; or (3) the person is pardoned for the offense, unless the pardon is granted expressly for subsequent proof of innocence. (c) The commission, on receipt of a certified copy of a court's judgment under Article 42.011 , Code of Criminal Procedure, shall note on the person's licensing records the conviction or community supervision indicated by the judgment.

History: Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 855 (H.B. 3823 ), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.

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