By: Miles  S.B. No. 500
         (In the Senate - Filed January 28, 2021; March 9, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Health & Human Services;
  April 26, 2021, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; April 26, 2021, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a boarding
  home facility without a permit in certain counties and
  municipalities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 260, Health and Safety Code, is amended
  by adding Section 260.0051 to read as follows:
         Sec. 260.0051.  CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a)  This section applies
  only to a county or municipality that requires a person to obtain a
  permit to operate a boarding home facility as authorized by Section
  260.004.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person operates a
  boarding home facility without a permit in a county or municipality
  to which this section applies.
         (c)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. 
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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