Tex. Health & Safety Code § 437.012 · Chapter 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS
COUNTY AND PUBLIC HEALTH DISTRICT FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A county or public health district may require the payment of a fee for issuing or renewing a permit.
(b) The fee charged by a county or public health district for issuing or renewing a permit may not exceed the amount necessary to recover the county's or district's cost under Subsection (d).
(c) Fees collected by a county under this chapter shall be deposited to the credit of a special fund of the county. Fees collected by a public health district under this chapter shall be deposited to the credit of a special fund created by the cooperative agreement under which the district operates.
(d) Fees deposited as provided by this section may be spent only for conducting inspections required by this chapter and issuing permits.
(e) This section does not apply to a county or public health district covered by Section 437.0123.
(f) A county or public health district may, by rule or order, adopt a variable scale to determine the fee charged for a permit under this section. In adopting a rule or order under this subsection, the county or public health district may consider:
(1) the size of the food service establishment, retail food store, mobile food unit, or roadside food vendor;
(2) the number of people employed at the food service establishment, retail food store, mobile food unit, or roadside food vendor; and
(3) the gross sales of the food service establishment, retail food store, mobile food unit, or roadside food vendor.
(g) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 458 (H.B. 2755), Sec. 4(1), eff. September 1, 2019.
(h) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 458 (H.B. 2755), Sec. 4(1), eff. September 1, 2019.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 617, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 156, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 72, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 458 (H.B. 2755), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 458 (H.B. 2755), Sec. 4(1), eff. September 1, 2019.
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