Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0055 · Chapter 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS
PERMIT FROM DEPARTMENT REQUIRED IN AREAS NOT REGULATED BY COUNTY OR PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person may not operate a food service establishment, retail food store, or temporary food service establishment located in an area in which a county or public health district does not require a permit or conduct inspections under this chapter unless the person has a permit issued by the department.
(b) A person required to obtain a permit under Subsection (a) must apply every two years for the permit and must pay any fees required by the department.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 617, Sec. 2, eff. Jan. 1, 1994.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1120, eff. April 2, 2015.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 744 (H.B. 2844), Sec. 3, eff. July 1, 2026.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.437.htm
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- 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
Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0055. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- 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 § 437.0076CERTIFIED FOOD MANAGER.Printed as Section 437.0055
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.0165CRIMINAL PENALTY: VIOLATION OF DEPARTMENT PERMIT REQUIREMENT.Printed as Section 437.0055
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