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Texas Family Code - Section 232.001. Definitions

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§ 232.001. DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                                   
		(1)  "License" means a license, certificate, 
registration, permit, or other authorization that:
			(A)  is issued by a licensing authority;                                     
			(B)  is subject before expiration to suspension, 
revocation, forfeiture, or termination by the issuing licensing 
authority;  and
			(C)  a person must obtain  to:                                               
				(i)  practice or engage in a particular 
business, occupation, or profession;
				(ii)  operate a motor vehicle;  or                                          
				(iii)  engage in any other regulated 
activity, including hunting, fishing, or other recreational 
activity for which a license or permit is required.
		(2)  "Licensing authority" means a department, 
commission, board, office, or other agency of the state or a 
political subdivision of the state that issues a license.
		(3)  "Order suspending license" means an order issued 
by the Title IV-D agency or a court directing a licensing authority 
to suspend a license.
		(4)  "Subpoena" means a judicial or administrative 
subpoena issued in a parentage determination or child support 
proceeding under this title.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 655, § 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 
1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 751, § 85, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 911, § 82, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, § 58, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

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