By Burnam H.B. No. 192
77R1497 JAT-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the fee charged for food service establishment permits
1-3 and health inspections.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 437.0123(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (a) A county that has a population of at least one [2.8]
1-8 million or a public health district at least part of which is in a
1-9 county that has a population of at least one [2.8] million may
1-10 require the payment of a fee for issuing or renewing a permit or
1-11 for performing an inspection to enforce this chapter or a rule
1-12 adopted under this chapter. A county with a population of at least
1-13 one [2.8] million may require a trained food manager to be on duty
1-14 during each day of operation of a food service establishment. The
1-15 training required of food managers can be no more extensive than
1-16 that specified under Subchapter D, Chapter 438. A food service
1-17 establishment that handles only prepackaged food and does not
1-18 prepare or package food may not be required to have a certified
1-19 food manager under this section.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-21 applies only to permits issued or renewed and inspections performed
1-22 on or after that date. Permits issued or renewed and inspections
1-23 performed before that date are governed by the law in effect at the
1-24 time the permit is issued or renewed or the inspection is
2-1 performed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
2-2 purpose.