Sec. 431.276.  FEES.  (a)  The department shall collect fees for:
(1)  a license that is filed or renewed;
(2)  a license that is amended, including notification of a change of location of a licensed place of business required under Section 431.278, a change of the name of an association or corporation, or a change in the ownership of the licensee;  and
(3)  an inspection performed to enforce this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter.
(b)  The department may charge fees every two years.
(c)  The executive commissioner by rule shall set the fees in amounts that allow the department to recover the biennial expenditures of state funds by the department in:
(1)  reviewing and acting on a license or renewal license;
(2)  amending a license;
(3)  inspecting a licensed facility; and
(4)  implementing and enforcing this subchapter, including a rule or order adopted or a license issued under this subchapter.
(d)  At least half of the licensing fees collected shall be used to inspect an applicant or licensed place of business.
(e)  Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the food and drug registration fee account of the general revenue fund and may be appropriated to the department only to carry out this chapter.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 440, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1000, eff. April 2, 2015.