REFUSAL TO GRANT LICENSE; SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE.
Tex. HEALTH & SAFETY Code § 431.226.
in effect(a) The department may refuse an application for a license or may suspend or revoke a license.
(b) The executive commissioner by rule shall establish minimum standards for granting and maintaining a license. In adopting rules under this section, the executive commissioner shall:
(1) ensure that the minimum standards prioritize safe handling of fruits and vegetables based on known safety risks, including any history of outbreaks of food-borne communicable diseases; and
(2) consider acceptable produce safety standards developed by a federal agency, state agency, or university.
(c) The refusal or the suspension or revocation of a license by the department and the appeal from that action are governed by the procedures for a contested case hearing under Chapter 2001 , Government Code.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 713, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1317 (S.B. 81 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.