Tex. Hum. Res. Code § 42.0761 · Subchapter D. REMEDIES
CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR OPERATING DAY-CARE CENTER WITHOUT QUALIFIED DIRECTOR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An owner or operator of a day-care center commits an offense if the owner or operator knowingly operates the day-care center:
(1) without a director who meets the qualifications of a director prescribed by department rules or an interim director under Section 42.04201; or
(2) without the routine presence during the day-care center's hours of operation of a director or an interim director described by Subdivision (1).
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1406 (S.B. 758), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1097 (S.B. 1327), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HR/htm/HR.42.htm
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