81R16299 JAM-D
By: Harless, Alvarado, Riddle H.B. No. 623
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of massage establishments in certain
counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 455, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 455.2021 to read as follows:
Sec. 455.2021. MASSAGE ESTABLISHMENT HOURS OF OPERATION.
(a) This section applies only to massage establishments located in
a county with a population of 3.3 million or more.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a massage
establishment may provide services only between the hours of 7 a.m.
and 10 p.m.
(c) On application by a massage establishment, the
commissioners court of the county in which the massage
establishment is located may exempt the massage establishment from
the requirement of Subsection (b).
(d) The entrance doors to a massage establishment may not be
equipped with an electronic locking device that can be temporarily
disengaged from a remote location.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.