Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.003 · Chapter 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS
COUNTY AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PERMIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Subject to Section 437.0045, to enforce state law and rules adopted under state law, the commissioners court of a county by order may require food service establishments, retail food stores, mobile food units, and roadside food vendors in unincorporated areas of the county, including areas in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, to obtain a permit from the county.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.437.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.005PUBLIC HEARING.Printed as Section 437.003 or 437.004
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0065PERMITS FOR CERTAIN FARMERS AND FOOD PRODUCERS.Printed as Section 437.003, 437.004, 437.0055, or 437.0201
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0185ADMINISTRATIVE PENALTY BY PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT OR COUNTY.Printed as Section 437.003 or 437.004
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