1. (a) The department may charge a fee for each mobile food vendor license application submitted and each license issued or renewed under this chapter. The department may establish a schedule of fees based on the license classifications described by Section 437B.151. The department may set the fees in amounts necessary to cover the costs of administering this chapter.
2. (b) The department may charge a fee for a health inspection of an applicant's food vending vehicle required under Section 437B.054. The department shall set the fee in an amount that covers the cost of conducting a health inspection under that section.
3. (c) At the time the department issues or renews a mobile food vendor license, the department shall charge a fee for a health inspection required under Subchapter D. The department shall set the fee in an amount based on the average cost of conducting a health inspection multiplied by the number of annual health inspections required during the next year for the mobile food vendor classification type as described by Section 437B.151.
4. (d) All fees collected by the department under this chapter shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the food and drug retail fee account.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 744 (H.B. 2844), Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 2026.