§ 431.204 Fees

§ 431.204. Fees

    (a) The department shall collect fees for:

        (1) a license that is filed or renewed;

        (2) a license that is amended, including a notification of a change in the location of a licensed place of business required under Section 431.206; and

        (3) an inspection performed in enforcing this subchapter and rules adopted under this subchapter.

    (b) The executive commissioner of the Health and Human Services Commission by rule shall set the fees in amounts that allow the department to recover the biennial expenditures of state funds by the department in:

        (1) reviewing and acting on a license;

        (2) amending and renewing a license;

        (3) inspecting a licensed facility; and

        (4) implementing and enforcing this subchapter, including a rule or order adopted or a license issued under this subchapter.

    (c) Fees collected under this section shall be deposited to the credit of the food and drug registration fee account of the general revenue fund and appropriated to the department to carry out the administration and enforcement of this chapter.

    Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 282 amended the subchapter heading, which formerly read, “Wholesale Drug Distributors”.