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Ex. DUT-TX-017 Standing duty Primary source read

Tex. Health & Safety Code § 341.091

Criminal Penalty

Texas Legislature (Health and Safety Code ch. 341, Subchapter F, Enforcement) · Texas (State)

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Jurisdiction
Texas
Level
State
Authority
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 341.091
Issued
1989-09-01 Sept. 1, 1989
Effective
standing (read as 1989-09-01)
End
standing (read as 2021-09-30)
In force
Standing since Sept. 1, 1989 (a statutory duty; in force throughout the six quarters)
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
Limitation types
Standing duty
Addressees
  • persons generally; owners or persons in control of premises; specified businesses
Character
order penalty
Collection
Standing duties: Texas DUT-TX

Operative words

A person commits an offense if the person violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.... An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $10 or more than $200.... (c) Each day of a continuing violation is a separate offense.

Penalty

Misdemeanor: $10 to $200; repeat within a year: $10 to $1,000 and up to 30 days' confinement; each day a separate offense

What it required

Compliance with the sanitation chapter and every rule adopted under it, including the maintenance of food-service premises in a sanitary condition and the abatement of any medium of disease transmission, on pain of a criminal conviction accruing daily.

Retrieval note

Mirror exhibit for the same reason as DUT-TX-016; the mirror cites the official source (HS.341.htm#341.091). Section 341.092 (civil enforcement: civil penalty and injunction) is not separately saved.