Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 243.002 · Chapter 243. MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY AUTHORITY TO REGULATE SEXUALLY ORIENTED BUSINESS
DEFINITION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter, "sexually oriented business" means a sex parlor, nude studio, modeling studio, love parlor, adult bookstore, adult movie theater, adult video arcade, adult movie arcade, adult video store, adult motel, or other commercial enterprise the primary business of which is the offering of a service or the selling, renting, or exhibiting of devices or any other items intended to provide sexual stimulation or sexual gratification to the customer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 837, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 507, Sec. 4, eff. June 13, 1991.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.243.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 13 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 243.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Alcoholic Beverage Code
Business & Commerce Code
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Government Code
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 43.002CONTINUATION OF LAND USE.Printed as Section 243.002
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 211.017CONTINUATION OF LAND USE IN NEWLY INCORPORATED AREAS.Printed as Section 243.002
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 229.902AUTHORITY TO REGULATE HOME-BASED BUSINESSES.Printed as Section 243.002
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 243.004EXEMPT BUSINESS.Printed as Section 243.002
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