Sec. 12.033. MULTIPLE LICENSES

(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.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 419, Sec. 8.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.