Sec. 215.034. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF OCCUPATION LICENSE. (a) A judge of the municipal court, in addition to imposing a fine, may institute proceedings to suspend or revoke the license of a person if: (1) the person is required, by law or by a municipal ordinance adopted under a law, to obtain the license from the municipality for an occupation, business, or avocation; and (2) the judge finds the person guilty of violating a municipal ordinance relating to the occupation, business, or avocation or finds that the person has been convicted of barratry under Section 38.12 , Penal Code. (b) For the purpose of this section, a person is convicted of barratry if a court of competent jurisdiction enters an adjudication of guilt against the person regardless of whether: (1) the sentence is subsequently probated and the person is discharged from probation; (2) the accusation, complaint, information, or indictment is dismissed following probation; or (3) the person is pardoned for the offense, unless the pardon is granted expressly for subsequent proof of innocence.
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