Tex. Health & Safety Code § 436.113 · Subchapter I. GENERAL ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS AND RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
CERTIFICATION AND LICENSING PROCEDURES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not operate as a molluscan shellfish or crabmeat processor unless the person submits an application for a certificate or a license to the department according to department rules and receives a certificate or license for each plant or place of business.
(b) When an application has been properly filed with the department, the department shall inspect the property identified in the application, including buildings and equipment, and the operating procedures under which the product is processed.
(c) The department shall issue a certificate or license to a person who operates a plant or place of business that conforms to the requirements of this chapter and department rules.
(d) A certificate is nontransferrable and expires at 11:59 p.m. on August 31 of the second year of issuance.
(e) A license is nontransferrable and expires at 11:59 p.m. on the last day of February of the second year of issuance.
(f) A person shall apply for a new certificate or license each year for each plant or place of business.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 336, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1116, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.436.htm
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