{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-437.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437.003","heading":"COUNTY AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE PERMIT.","body":"Subject to Section 437.0045, to enforce state law and rules adopted under state law, the commissioners court of a county by order may require food service establishments, retail food stores, mobile food units, and roadside food vendors in unincorporated areas of the county, including areas in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality, to obtain a permit from the county.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 48 (S.B. 1008), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 6. FOOD, DRUGS, ALCOHOL, AND HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES","SUBTITLE A. FOOD AND DRUG HEALTH REGULATIONS","CHAPTER 437. REGULATION OF FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS, RETAIL FOOD STORES, MOBILE FOOD UNITS, AND ROADSIDE FOOD VENDORS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.437.htm#437.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"fb90a51b88d3393e7d9f6791832aba497d4285d3c8047180914aaa3f6693b409","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-437.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-437.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}