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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437B.053: APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES
  3. SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS
  4. CHAPTER 437B. MOBILE FOOD VENDORS
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. LICENSE

(a) An applicant for a mobile food vendor license must submit an application to the department on the form the department prescribes. The application must contain:

(1) the applicant's name, address, and telephone number;

(2) the name, address, and telephone number of any associated entity or organization the applicant is representing and copies of documents verifying that relationship;

(3) the applicant's primary residences and business addresses during the 12 months preceding the date of the application;

(4) the food or beverages the applicant proposes to sell to enable the department to establish the applicant's food type classification;

(5) a statement of whether the applicant has previously been denied a mobile food vendor license or had a mobile food vendor license suspended or revoked in another state or local jurisdiction and the reasons for any denial, suspension, or revocation; and

(6) for each motorized food vending vehicle the applicant is applying for a license to operate:

(A) the vehicle license number, description, identification number, and registration;

(B) proof of vehicle insurance; and

(C) a copy or proof of any additional commercial vehicle licenses or permits required by this state.

(b) An applicant must attest to the information submitted under Subsection (a).

(c) The department may require an applicant to submit additional information.

(d) An applicant may submit one application for all food vending vehicles to be licensed under this subchapter.

(e) An applicant's failure to submit a complete application may result in denial of a license.

(f) A person may not intentionally provide false information or intentionally omit requested information on an application.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 744 (H.B. 2844), Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 2026.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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