Sec. 144.011. LICENSE REQUIRED  


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  • (a) A person may not operate a rendering business, or any adjunct to a rendering business, without having a rendering establishment operating license issued by the department or another appropriate operating license under this section.

    (b) A person may not operate or maintain a related station without a related station operating license issued by the department.

    (c) A person may not operate or maintain a transfer station without a transfer station operating license issued by the department.

    (d) A person may not operate as a dead animal hauler without a dead animal hauler operating license issued by the department unless the person is an employee of a rendering establishment.

    (e) A person may not operate as a renderable raw material hauler without a renderable raw material hauler operating license issued by the department unless the person is an employee of a rendering establishment.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 485, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.