Alcoholic Beverage Code

§69.06. Retail Dealer's On-Premise License — Denial Of Original Application

(a) The county judge shall deny an original application for a retail dealer's on-premise license if he finds that the applicant or the applicant's spouse, during the five years immediately preceding the application, was finally convicted of a felony or one of the following offenses:

(1) prostitution;
(2) a vagrancy offense involving moral turpitude;
(3) bookmaking;
(4) gambling or gaming;
(5) an offense involving controlled substances as defined in the Texas Controlled Substances Act or other dangerous drugs;
(6) a violation of this code resulting in the cancellation of a license or permit, or a fine of not less than $500;
(7) more than three violations of this code relating to minors;
(8) bootlegging; or
(9) an offense involving firearms or a deadly weapon.

(b) The county judge shall also deny an original application for a license if he finds that five years has not elapsed since the termination of a sentence, parole, or probation served by the applicant or the applicant's spouse because of a felony conviction or conviction of any of the offenses described in Subsection (a) of this section.

(c) The commission shall refuse to issue a renewal of a retail dealer's on-premise license if it finds:

(1) that the applicant or the applicant's spouse has been finally convicted of a felony or one of the offenses listed in Subsection (a) of this section at any time during the five years immediately preceding the filing of the application for renewal; or
(2) that five years has not elapsed since the termination of a sentence, parole, or probation served by the applicant or the applicant's spouse because of a felony prosecution or prosecution for any of the offenses described in Subsection (a) of this section.

http://www.statutes.legis.state.tx.us/Docs/AL/htm/AL.69.htm#69.06

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Note(s) Regarding This Legislation:

Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 625 throughout subsecs. (a) to (c) substituted “five years” for “three years.”