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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of an emergency order by the Texas |
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Department of Licensing and Regulation against a massage |
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establishment. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 455, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 455.252 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 455.252. EMERGENCY ORDER. The executive director may |
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issue an emergency order under Section 51.3511 halting the |
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operation of a massage establishment if: |
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(1) a law enforcement agency gives notice to the |
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department, or the department otherwise learns, that the law |
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enforcement agency is investigating the massage establishment for |
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an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; or |
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(2) the department has reasonable cause to believe |
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that an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code, is being committed at |
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the massage establishment. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |