Sec. 2001.207. ELIGIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE

The following persons are not eligible for a distributor's license:

(1) a person convicted of a felony, criminal fraud, a gambling or gambling-related offense, or a crime of moral turpitude if less than 10 years has elapsed since the termination of a sentence, parole, community supervision, or mandatory supervision served for the offense;

(2) a person who is or has been a professional gambler or gambling promoter;

(3) an elected or appointed public officer or a public employee;

(4) an owner, officer, director, shareholder, agent, or employee of a licensed commercial lessor;

(5) a person who conducts, promotes, or administers, or assists in conducting, promoting, or administering bingo for which a license is required by this chapter;

(6) a manufacturer required to be licensed under this chapter;

(7) a person who has had a license to manufacture, distribute, or supply bingo equipment or supplies revoked within the preceding year by another state;

(8) an owner, officer, director, or shareholder of, or a person having an equitable or credit interest in, another manufacturer or distributor licensed or required to be licensed under this chapter; or

(9) a person:

(A) in which a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) or in which a person married or related in the first degree by consanguinity or affinity, as determined under Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, to one of those persons has greater than a 10 percent proprietary, equitable, or credit interest or in which one of those persons is active or employed; or

(B) in whose application a person described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), or (8) is required to be named.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.