{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.2245","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 431.2245","heading":"PROCESSING OF LICENSING FEES.","body":"(a) The department shall establish a system for processing licensing fees under this chapter, including vended water facility licensing fees.\n(b) Under the fee processing system, the maximum time for processing a fee payment made by a negotiable instrument may not exceed 48 hours, beginning at the time that the negotiable instrument is first received by the department and ending at the time that the fee payment is submitted for deposit by the department to the treasury division of the office of the comptroller.\n(c) The comptroller shall cooperate with the department in developing the fee processing system.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 697, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0986, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS","CHAPTER 431. TEXAS FOOD, DRUG, AND COSMETIC ACT","SUBCHAPTER J. FOOD MANUFACTURERS, FOOD WHOLESALERS, AND WAREHOUSE OPERATORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.431.htm#431.2245","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"c2f8ce4cf5e20a463f000e054bfc13d7d16cdf4d47414f5182e4fb7119d73c09","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.224","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-431.225"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}