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.