Sec. 2001.207.  ELIGIBILITY FOR DISTRIBUTOR'S LICENSE.  The following persons are not eligible for a distributor's license:
(1)  a person convicted of criminal fraud or a gambling or gambling-related 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.
Amended by: 
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 993 (H.B. 2197), Sec. 27, eff. September 1, 2013.