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| 1 | 1 | 89R15936 KRM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Wilson H.B. No. 5459 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to food service establishment, temporary food service | |
| 10 | 10 | establishment, and retail food store permits for certain | |
| 11 | 11 | small-scale businesses. | |
| 12 | 12 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 13 | SECTION 1. Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended | |
| 14 | 14 | by adding Section 437.0063 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 15 | Sec. 437.0063. SMALL-SCALE BUSINESS PERMIT EXEMPTIONS. (a) | |
| 16 | 16 | In this section: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) "Food producer" has the meaning assigned by | |
| 18 | 18 | Section 437.020. | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) "Small-scale business" means a legal entity | |
| 20 | 20 | established by a farmer or food producer with less than $1.5 million | |
| 21 | 21 | in annual gross revenue. | |
| 22 | 22 | (b) The department, a county, or a public health district | |
| 23 | 23 | may not require a small-scale business to: | |
| 24 | 24 | (1) obtain, or pay a permitting fee for, more than one | |
| 25 | 25 | permit to operate a temporary food service establishment; or | |
| 26 | 26 | (2) obtain a permit or pay a permitting fee to operate | |
| 27 | 27 | a food service establishment, temporary food service | |
| 28 | 28 | establishment, or retail food store, if the business is licensed as | |
| 29 | 29 | a food manufacturer under Subchapter J, Chapter 431. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |