AN ACT 1-1 relating to requiring certified food managers in certain counties. 1-2 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-3 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 437.0123, Health and 1-4 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-5 (a) A county that has a population of at least 2.8 million 1-6 or a public health district at least part of which is in a county 1-7 that has a population of at least 2.8 million may require the 1-8 payment of a fee for issuing or renewing a permit or for performing 1-9 an inspection to enforce this chapter or a rule adopted under this 1-10 chapter. A county with a population of at least 2.8 million may 1-11 require a trained food manager to be on duty during each day of 1-12 operation of a food service establishment. The training required 1-13 of food managers can be no more extensive than that specified under 1-14 Subchapter D, Chapter 438. A food service establishment that 1-15 handles only prepackaged food and does not prepare or package food 1-16 may not be required to have a certified food manager under this 1-17 section. 1-18 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1477 passed the Senate on April 8, 1999, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0; and that the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 27, 1999, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1477 passed the House, with amendment, on May 25, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: _______________________________ Date _______________________________ Governor