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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 2 - General Provisions Relating to Licensing
Chapter 53 - Consequences of Criminal Conviction
Subchapter D. Preliminary Evaluation of License Eligibility
Section 53.101. Definitions
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TX Occ Code § 53.101 (2025)
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Sec. 53.101. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
(1) "License" means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other authorization that:
(A) is issued by a licensing authority; and
(B) a person must obtain to practice or engage in a particular business, occupation, or profession.
(2) "Licensing authority" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency of the state that issues a license.
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 616 (H.B. 963), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.
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