86R8490 SRA-D
By: Gutierrez H.B. No. 3518
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a county to require a permit for
certain food service establishments.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 437.003, Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 437.003. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PERMIT. To
enforce state law and rules adopted under state law, the
commissioners court of a county by order may require food service
establishments, retail food stores, mobile food units, and roadside
food vendors to obtain a permit from the county if the food service
establishment, retail food store, mobile food unit, or roadside
food vendor is located:
(1) in an unincorporated area [areas] of the county,
including an area [areas] in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
municipality; or
(2) on property or in a facility owned, operated, or
leased by [, to obtain a permit from] the county.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.