Text of section effective until December 31, 2020
Sec. 81.004. APPLICATION FOR ORIGINAL OR RENEWAL PERMIT OR LICENSE. The commission, administrator, or county judge, as applicable, may refuse to issue an original or renewal permit or license, after notice and an opportunity for a hearing, if the commission, administrator, or county judge finds that, at any time during the 12 months preceding the permit or license application, a common nuisance existed on the premises for which the permit or license is sought, regardless of whether the acts constituting the common nuisance were engaged in by the applicant or whether the applicant controlled the premises at the time the common nuisance existed. The commission, administrator, or county judge, as applicable, may issue an original or renewal permit or license if, at the hearing, it is found that the applicant did not control the premises at the time the common nuisance existed and the applicant has taken reasonable measures to abate the common nuisance.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 896 (H.B. 2605), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1359 (H.B. 1545), Sec. 266, eff. December 31, 2020.