Bill Text: TX HB491 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain civil penalties collected for violations of laws regulating massage therapy.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB491 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-HB491-Introduced.html

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89R690 JTZ-F
By: Thompson H.B. No. 491

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain civil penalties collected for violations of
laws regulating massage therapy.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 455.351, Occupations Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows:
(f-1) A civil penalty recovered in an action by a district
or county attorney under this section shall be deposited to the
credit of the general fund of the county where the court is located.
A civil penalty recovered in an action by a municipal attorney under
this section shall be deposited to the credit of the general fund of
the municipality.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.