{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2153.302","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 2153.302","heading":"MANDATORY DENIAL OF GENERAL BUSINESS LICENSE.","body":"The comptroller may not issue a general business license if the comptroller finds that the applicant has been:\n(1) finally convicted of a felony during the five years preceding the date of application; or\n(2) placed on community supervision or released on parole for a felony conviction during the two years preceding the date of application.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 13. SPORTS, AMUSEMENTS, AND ENTERTAINMENT","SUBTITLE D. OTHER AMUSEMENTS AND ENTERTAINMENT","CHAPTER 2153. COIN-OPERATED MACHINES","SUBCHAPTER G. LICENSE AND REGISTRATION DENIAL AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.2153.htm#2153.302","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"c016fdc6e84e5a0c00db21a7b2462de21abfdac96aa5f3e338a16c9bd1e0b349","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2153.301","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-2153.303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}