By: Miles, et al. S.B. No. 500
(Rose)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a boarding
home facility without a permit in certain counties and
municipalities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 260, Health and Safety Code, is amended
by adding Section 260.0051 to read as follows:
Sec. 260.0051. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) This section applies
only to a county or municipality that requires a person to obtain a
permit to operate a boarding home facility as authorized by Section
260.004.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person operates a
boarding home facility without a permit in a county or municipality
to which this section applies.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.