Tex. Health & Safety Code § 146.004 · Chapter 146. TATTOO AND CERTAIN BODY PIERCING STUDIOS
LICENSE TERM; RENEWAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio license is valid for two years from the date of issuance. A temporary tattooing or body piercing location license is valid for a specified period not to exceed seven days.
(b) A tattoo studio or body piercing studio license may be renewed on payment of the required renewal fee.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 936, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 516, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0442, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.146.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 38cdeeb6e23fcc324db86d1994b261440b91f5513907be080c318b302e022c28
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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