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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to mobile food units in certain populous counties; |
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providing a penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 437.0074 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 437.0074. MOBILE FOOD UNITS IN CERTAIN POPULOUS |
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COUNTIES. A county with a population of at least 2.8 million, or a |
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municipality or public health district in the county, shall require |
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a mobile food unit to: |
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(1) return to the food service establishment or |
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commissary from which the unit operates at least once each day the |
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mobile food unit is in operation to have cleaning and other services |
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performed on the unit; and |
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(2) obtain, on completion of an inspection following |
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servicing, written documentation that the mobile food unit has been |
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serviced daily as required by Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(2) "Governmental record" means: |
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(A) anything belonging to, received by, or kept |
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by government for information, including a court record; |
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(B) anything required by law to be kept by others |
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for information of government; |
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(C) a license, certificate, permit, seal, title, |
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letter of patent, or similar document issued by government, by |
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another state, or by the United States; |
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(D) a standard proof of motor vehicle liability |
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insurance form described by Section 601.081, Transportation Code, a |
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certificate of an insurance company described by Section 601.083 of |
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that code, a document purporting to be such a form or certificate |
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that is not issued by an insurer authorized to write motor vehicle |
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liability insurance in this state, an electronic submission in a |
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form described by Section 502.153(i), Transportation Code, or an |
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evidence of financial responsibility described by Section 601.053 |
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of that code; [or] |
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(E) an official ballot or other election record; |
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or |
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(F) the written documentation a mobile food unit |
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is required to obtain under Section 437.0074, Health and Safety |
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Code. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |