Sec. 432.009.  FEES.  (a)  The executive commissioner by rule shall adopt, and the department shall collect, fees for each license application or renewal application submitted under this chapter and for inspections performed to enforce this chapter and the department rules adopted under this chapter. 
(b)  The executive commissioner by rule shall set the fees in amounts that are reasonable and necessary and allow the department to recover the biennial expenditures of state funds by the department to:
(1)  review and act on licenses;
(2)  amend and renew licenses;
(3)  inspect establishments operated by license holders; and
(4)  implement and enforce this chapter and rules and orders adopted and licenses issued under this chapter.
(c)  A nonprofit organization is exempt from the payment of a fee imposed under this chapter.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1016, eff. April 2, 2015.