HB 491 House Committee Report

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

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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

 

and used only for purposes of combatting human trafficking.  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 and used only for purposes of combatting human

 

trafficking.

 

       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. 

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