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Council approves ordinance language to bar active deferred adjudication from door-to-door solicitation permits
Summary
The council approved an amendment allowing staff to deny door-to-door solicitation permits for applicants currently on deferred adjudication for certain offenses, with staff to refine language for second reading to narrow scope and allow permits for completed deferred adjudications.
The Abilene City Council approved an amendment to the city’s solicitation-permit rules that allows staff to deny a permit if the applicant is currently on deferred adjudication for certain offenses. Council and legal staff debated whether the ordinance should bar applicants who previously completed deferred adjudication and how staff would verify records.
City legal staff said the intent is a public-safety-driven, narrowly focused denial authority—targeting instances of violent or deceptive conduct rather than punishing nonconvictions. “If someone…
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