By Burnam                                              H.B. No. 957
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to fees for food service establishment permits.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 437.012(b), Health and Safety Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  The fee charged by a county or public health district
 1-7     for issuing or renewing a permit may not exceed $300 [$150 or the
 1-8     highest fee charged by a municipality in the county or public
 1-9     health district, whichever amount is less].
1-10           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
1-11     applies only to permits issued or renewed on or after that date.
1-12     Permits issued or renewed before the effective date of this Act are
1-13     covered by the law in effect on the date the permit is issued or
1-14     renewed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
1-15     purpose.