By:  Bonnen                                                       H.B. No. 3155



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to public health measures relating to food.                          
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 438, Section 438.011, 
Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
		(5)  "Chain Restaurant" means an establishment that 
operates 3 or more locations within the state of Texas which have 
the same name and a common ownership and that derives 75 percent or 
more of its gross revenue from the sale of food and beverages, not 
including alcoholic beverages, for on-premises consumption.  The 
term does not include a hotel or motel, except that a restaurant 
operated at a hotel or motel is included in the term.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter B, Chapter 438, Section 438.014(a), 
Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(f)  cleaned and sterilized using only an electrically 
operated dishwashing and glasswashing machine that cleans and 
sterilizes mechanically if the restaurant is one described by 
Section 438.001(5) of this code.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 438, Section 438.034, 
Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
		(5)  wear gloves at all times during work and change 
gloves as necessary to avoid cross-contaminating food and to 
maintain cleanliness, after smoking, eating, and each visit to the 
toilet if the restaurant is one described by Section 438.001(5) of 
this code.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.