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

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

FULL TEXT:
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 Bmisdemeanor. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.