HB 2625
AN ACT relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
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What This Bill Does
Prevents local governments from requiring sound permits or charging fees for food service establishments receiving late-night deliveries between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. The legislation allows food establishments to receive deliveries for up to one hour during this timeframe, as long as the sound level does not exceed 75 decibels when measured from the nearest residential property. The bill protects food service businesses by limiting local regulatory restrictions on nighttime delivery operations, ensuring they can receive essential supplies without additional bureaucratic barriers.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain late-night and overnight deliveries to food service BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Chapter 437, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 437.029 to read as follows: Sec. 437.029. PROHIBITED LOCAL REGULATIONS RELATING TO CERTAIN LATE-NIGHT AND OVERNIGHT DELIVERIES TO FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS. Notwithstanding any other law, the department, a county, a municipality, or a public health district may not require a food service establishment to obtain a sound regulation permit, charge a sound regulation fee to an establishment, or otherwise prohibit sound-related activity at an establishment for sound arising from the delivery of food, nonalcoholic beverages, food service supplies, or ice to the establishment if the establishment accepts delivery of those items for one hour or less between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m., provided the sound level from the deliveries does not exceed 75 dBA when measured from the residential property closest in proximity to the establishment, excluding traffic and other background noise that can be reasonably excluded. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to prohibited local regulations regarding certain
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