Bill Text: TX SB476 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to requirements for and municipal regulation of dogs in an outdoor dining area of a food service establishment.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-04 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB476 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB476-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 476 | ||
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| relating to requirements for and municipal regulation of dogs in an | ||
| outdoor dining area of a food service establishment. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 437.025 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 437.025. REQUIREMENTS FOR DOGS IN OUTDOOR DINING | ||
| AREAS; MUNICIPAL PREEMPTION. (a) A food service establishment may | ||
| permit a customer to be accompanied by a dog in an outdoor dining | ||
| area if: | ||
| (1) the establishment posts a sign in a conspicuous | ||
| location in the area stating that dogs are permitted; | ||
| (2) the customer and dog access the area directly from | ||
| the exterior of the establishment; | ||
| (3) the dog does not enter the interior of the | ||
| establishment; | ||
| (4) the customer keeps the dog on a leash and controls | ||
| the dog; | ||
| (5) the customer does not allow the dog on a seat, | ||
| table, countertop, or similar surface; and | ||
| (6) in the area, the establishment does not: | ||
| (A) prepare food; or | ||
| (B) permit open food other than food that is | ||
| being served to a customer. | ||
| (b) A municipality may not adopt or enforce an ordinance, | ||
| rule, or similar measure that imposes a requirement on a food | ||
| service establishment for a dog in an outdoor dining area that is | ||
| more stringent than the requirements described by Subsection (a). | ||
| (c) The requirements described by Subsection (a) do not | ||
| apply to a service animal, as defined by Section 437.023(c). | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 476 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 19, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 476 passed the House on | ||
| May 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 4, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
