Tex. Health & Safety Code § 146.018 · Chapter 146. TATTOO AND CERTAIN BODY PIERCING STUDIOS
OFFENSE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 580, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1994. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1528, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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 c8b3bc974e69d607f545ff0e811d697d863fbc5a72a4d4644c5c15560516d1c1
- 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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