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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 4 - Professions Related to Animals
Chapter 802 - Dog or Cat Breeders
Subchapter B. Powers and Duties of Commission and Department
Section 802.055. Criminal Background Checks
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TX Occ Code § 802.055 (2025)
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Sec. 802.055. CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS. The department shall conduct a criminal background check on each applicant who submits an application for a license under this chapter and on any controlling person of the applicant. The department may, as permitted by law:
(1) examine any criminal conviction, guilty plea, or deferred adjudication of the applicant or controlling person; and
(2) obtain any criminal history or record of the applicant or controlling person.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1284 (H.B. 1451), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.
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