(a) The commission may refuse to process an original or renewal application for a school certificate under this chapter, if the applicant or any individual who must submit a personal history sheet with the application:
  (1) does not meet the minimum qualifications;
  (2) fails to submit a complete application;
  (3) fails to pay the required fees;
  (4) falsifies, misrepresents, or fails to provide or verify a material fact, disclosure or document required by the commission on the application;
  (5) fails to provide or produce information requested by the commission, and the time for providing the information has passed;
  (6) within five years of the date of application, was convicted of or served deferred adjudication for:
    (A) any felony offense;
    (B) any controlled substance offense in the Health and Safety Code Chapter 481;
    (C) any firearm or deadly weapon offense in Penal Code Chapter 46;
    (D) any prostitution offense in Penal Code Chapter 43;
    (E) any gambling offense in Penal Code Chapter 47;
    (F) any human trafficking offense in Penal Code Chapter 20A;
    (G) any fraud offense in Penal Code Chapters 32 or 35;
    (H) any money laundering offense in Penal Code Chapter 34; or
    (I) any violation of the Alcoholic Beverage Code.
  (7) conducts business in a manner that warrants the cancellation or suspension of the certificate for 24 months following the cancellation or suspension;
  (8) conducted seller server training courses and allowed students to participate in a seller server training program with the expectation that they would receive a valid commission authorized certificate while the primary seller server certificate was under suspension; or
  (9) is the owner of the primary seller server certificate and is residentially domiciled with a person whose primary seller server certificate was cancelled for cause within the 12-month period preceding the owner's application.
(b) The commission may refuse to process an original or renewal application for a seller server trainer certificate under this chapter without a hearing, if the applicant:
  (1) does not meet the minimum qualifications;
  (2) fails to submit a complete application;
  (3) fails to pay the required fees;
  (4) falsifies, misrepresents, or fails to provide or verify a material fact, disclosure or document required by the commission on the application;
  (5) fails to provide or produce information requested by the commission, and the time for providing the information has passed;
  (6) had a final disposition of a felony conviction within five years of the date of application;
  (7) conducts business in a manner that warrants the cancellation or suspension of the certificate for 24 months following the cancellation or suspension; or
  (8) used a trainer who conducted seller server training courses and allowed students to participate in a seller server training program with the expectation that they would receive a valid commission authorized certificate while the primary seller server certificate was under suspension.

Source Note: The provisions of this §50.11 adopted to be effective January 1, 2011, 35 TexReg 7054; amended to be effective April 17, 2018, 43 TexReg 2269; amended to be effective February 13, 2023, 48 TexReg 662