Tex. Occ. Code § 455.252 · Subchapter F. LICENSE DENIAL OR DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES
EMERGENCY ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The executive director may issue an emergency order under Section 51.3511 halting the operation of a massage establishment if:
(1) a law enforcement agency gives notice to the department, or the department otherwise learns, that the law enforcement agency is investigating the massage establishment for an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; or
(2) the department has reasonable cause to believe that an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, is being committed at the massage establishment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 743 (H.B. 3579), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.455.htm
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