Tex. Agriculture Code § 12.033
This is the official text of Tex. Agriculture Code § 12.033, part of Texas’s Agriculture Code — regulates farming, livestock, and agricultural commerce.
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§ 12.033. MULTIPLE LICENSES.
Official statutory text
(a) In this section:
(1) "Component license" means a license issued by the department that is consolidated under this section.
(2) "Grocer" means a person whose business consists primarily of the retail sale of food for human consumption.
(b) A grocer who holds more than one type of license issued by the department may obtain from the department a single consolidated license. A consolidated license authorizes each of the activities of the component licenses.
(c) The department by rule shall implement a program for the issuance of a consolidated license under this section. The rules shall include provisions for:
(1) a fee schedule for the consolidated license that considers:
(A) the cost of operating each component license program; and
(B) the economic efficiency gained by the department through the operation of a consolidated license program;
(2) the suspension or revocation of a consolidated license for a violation of a rule or statute authorizing one of the component licenses;
(3) the combination of all inspections required for the component licenses into a single inspection; and
(4) any other provision the department determines is necessary to implement this section.
(1) "Component license" means a license issued by the department that is consolidated under this section.
(2) "Grocer" means a person whose business consists primarily of the retail sale of food for human consumption.
(b) A grocer who holds more than one type of license issued by the department may obtain from the department a single consolidated license. A consolidated license authorizes each of the activities of the component licenses.
(c) The department by rule shall implement a program for the issuance of a consolidated license under this section. The rules shall include provisions for:
(1) a fee schedule for the consolidated license that considers:
(A) the cost of operating each component license program; and
(B) the economic efficiency gained by the department through the operation of a consolidated license program;
(2) the suspension or revocation of a consolidated license for a violation of a rule or statute authorizing one of the component licenses;
(3) the combination of all inspections required for the component licenses into a single inspection; and
(4) any other provision the department determines is necessary to implement this section.
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