Tex. Health & Safety Code § 12.0112 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT
TERM OF LICENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding other law and except as provided by Subsection (b), the term of each license issued by the department, or by a regulatory board or other agency that is under the jurisdiction of the department or administratively attached to the department, is two years. The department, regulatory board, or agency may provide for staggering the issuance and renewal of licenses.
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) a license issued for a youth camp under Chapter 141;
(2) a food manager certificate issued under Subchapter G, Chapter 438; or
(3) a license or registration under Chapter 401.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 198, Sec. 2.42(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 42 (H.B. 1064), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1061 (H.B. 2285), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 12.001, eff. September 1, 2009.
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