Bill Text: TX HB1785 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of operating a boarding home facility without a permit in certain counties and municipalities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-10 - Referred to Human Services [HB1785 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB1785-Introduced.html

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87R4627 EAS-D
By: Thierry H.B. No. 1785

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.