(a) The governing body of the municipality may license, tax, or otherwise regulate:
- (1) cabdrivers;
- (2) draymen;
- (3) bus drivers;
- (4) baggage wagon drivers;
- (5) porters; and
- (6) any other persons pursuing similar occupations with or without vehicles.
- (b) The governing body may prescribe the compensation of persons subject to Subsection (a).
- (c) The governing body may provide for the protection of persons subject to Subsection (a) and may make the attempt to defraud those persons of any legal charge for services rendered a misdemeanor offense.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.