{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-341.066","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.066","heading":"TOURIST COURTS, HOTELS, INNS, AND ROOMING HOUSES.","body":"(a) A person operating a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house in this state shall:\n(1) provide a safe and ample water supply for the general conduct of the tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house; and\n(2) submit samples of the water at least once a year before May 1 to the department for bacteriological analysis.\n(b) A tourist court, hotel, inn, and rooming house must be equipped with an approved system of sewage disposal maintained in a sanitary condition.\n(c) An owner or operator of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house shall keep the premises sanitary and shall provide every practical facility essential for that purpose.\n(d) An owner or operator of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house who provides a gas stove for the heating of a unit in the facility shall determine that the stove is properly installed and maintained in a properly ventilated room.\n(e) An owner, operator, or manager of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house shall maintain sanitary appliances located in the facility in good repair.\n(f) Food offered for sale at a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house shall be:\n(1) adequately protected from flies, dust, vermin, and spoilage; and\n(2) kept in a sanitary condition.\n(g) An owner, manager, or agent of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house may not rent or furnish a unit to a person succeeding a previous occupant before:\n(1) thoroughly cleaning the unit; and\n(2) providing clean and sanitary sheets, towels, and pillowcases.\n(h) An owner, operator, or manager of a tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house shall maintain the facility in a sanitary condition.\n(i) A tourist court, hotel, inn, or rooming house that does not conform to this chapter is a public health nuisance.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE A. SANITATION","CHAPTER 341. MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SANITATION AND HEALTH PROTECTION MEASURES","SUBCHAPTER D. SANITATION AND SAFETY OF FACILITIES USED BY PUBLIC"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.341.htm#341.066","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"0469fdd2a6af0d88df67d3dab04f61420dc0a371b12263e329ca4a12b35ce8ba","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-341.065","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-341.067"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}