By:  Jackson                                                      H.B. No. 1598



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to administrative penalties for violations of health and 
safety provisions relating to retail food service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 437.002, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A county or public health district may enforce state law 
and rules adopted under state law concerning food service 
establishments, retail food stores, mobile food units, and roadside 
food vendors.  A county or public health district may enforce state 
law and rules by imposition of administrative penalties in a manner 
consistent with Section 437.018 of this Chapter.
	(b)  This chapter does not authorize a county or public 
health district to adopt orders establishing standards for the 
operation of food service establishments, retail food stores, 
mobile food units, or roadside food vendors.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.