Bill Text: TX HB4214 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the eligibility for an occupational license by certain former inmates and the practice of certain occupations by an inmate of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-08 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB4214 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB4214-Introduced.html

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By: Allen H.B. No. 4214

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to obtaining a occupational license while incarcerated
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 51.357, Occupations Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) As an alternative to denying, revoking, suspending, or
refusing to issue or renew a license under Section 51.356 or
51.4012(a) or Chapter 53, the commission or executive director may
issue a restricted license to an applicant, including an applicant
incarcerated in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, for a
license under:
(1) Chapter 1302; or
(2) Chapter 1305.
(b) The department may impose reasonable conditions on a
holder of a restricted license, including requiring the license
holder to:
(1) limit the scope or location of the license holder's
practice;
(2) be supervised; and
(3) report to the department, including notifying the
department promptly of any change in the license holder's
supervision.
(c) The department may:
(1) include on the face of a license and in the
department's records a statement:
(A) that the license is restricted; and
(B) of any condition of the restricted license;
and
(2) use a distinctive design for a restricted license.
(d) A license holder who supervises the holder of a
restricted license shall use reasonable care to ensure that the
license holder complies with any condition imposed under this
section.
(e) The commission or executive director may impose an
administrative penalty or other sanction on the holder of a
restricted license or on a license holder who supervises the person
for a violation of this section.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.