{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-437b.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 437B.004","heading":"RULES.","body":"The executive commissioner may adopt rules to implement this chapter. The rules must be narrowly tailored to address a demonstrable health or safety risk and may not:\n(1) limit the number of mobile food vendor licenses the department may issue;\n(2) address the hours of operation for mobile food vendors;\n(3) restrict a mobile food vendor's propane capacity below the capacity state law allows for commercial vehicles; or\n(4) require a mobile food vendor to:\n(A) operate outside a specific perimeter of a commercial establishment or restaurant;\n(B) enter into any agreement with a commercial establishment or restaurant, except as necessary to properly dispose of grease and other cooking waste;\n(C) have an operational handwashing sink in the vehicle of a vendor who sells only prepackaged food;\n(D) associate with a commissary if the vehicle carries the equipment necessary to comply with state law and properly disposes of grease and other cooking waste;\n(E) provide the vendor's fingerprints as a condition of holding a mobile food vendor license;\n(F) install a global positioning system tracking device on the vehicle;\n(G) keep the vehicle in constant motion except when serving customers;\n(H) submit to an additional fire inspection a vehicle the vendor demonstrates has passed a state or local fire inspection within the preceding 12 months; or\n(I) submit to health inspections other than an inspection the department, or a local authority under a collaborative agreement, conducts unless the department is investigating a reported foodborne illness.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 744 (H.B. 2844), Sec. 2, 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 437B. MOBILE FOOD VENDORS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.437B.htm#437B.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"3b419ea14ba59d631fa701217e8266410af0fa5a47efa9bcc0adfc5659fa712f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-437b.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-437b.051"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}