88R2541 JTZ-F
By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 444
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain civil penalties collected for violations of
laws regulating massage therapy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 455.351, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
(f-1) A civil penalty recovered in an action by a district
or county attorney under this section shall be deposited to the
credit of the general fund of the county where the court is located.
A civil penalty recovered in an action by a municipal attorney under
this section shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of
the municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.