Bill Text: TX HB491 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to certain civil penalties collected for violations of laws regulating massage therapy.
Sponsorship: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2025-05-23 - Left pending in committee [HB491 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB491-Engrossed.html
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| By: Thompson, Walle, Jones of Harris | H.B. No. 491 | |
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| relating to certain civil penalties collected for violations of | ||
| laws regulating massage therapy. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 455.351, Occupations Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (f-1) A civil penalty recovered in an action by a district | ||
| or county attorney under this section shall be deposited to the | ||
| credit of the general fund of the county where the court is located | ||
| and used only for purposes of combatting human trafficking. A civil | ||
| penalty recovered in an action by a municipal attorney under this | ||
| section shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of the | ||
| municipality and used only for purposes of combatting human | ||
| trafficking. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
