Tex. Health & Safety Code § 440.013 · Subchapter B. LICENSING
FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A nonrefundable fee for each establishment in an amount set by the executive commissioner by rule as prescribed by Section 12.0111 must accompany each application for a license.
(b) The department also shall assess the following fees in the amounts set by the executive commissioner by rule as prescribed by Section 12.0111:
(1) a fee for a frozen dessert manufacturer located in this state in an amount per 100 pounds of manufactured or processed frozen dessert manufactured or processed and distributed in this state by that manufacturer;
(2) a fee for a frozen dessert manufacturer not located in this state in an amount per 100 pounds of frozen desserts manufactured or processed by the manufacturer in another state and imported for sale in this state; and
(3) a fee for the actual cost of analyzing samples of frozen desserts for a frozen dessert manufacturer not located in this state.
(c) The executive commissioner shall adopt rules to collect fees imposed under this section monthly based on amounts due by the frozen dessert manufacturer.
(d) The department may revoke a license to operate a frozen desserts plant if the licensee fails to make a timely payment of the monthly fees required under this section. The department's rules of procedure for a contested case hearing and Chapter 2001, Government Code govern the revocation of a license.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 167, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1152, eff. April 2, 2015.
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