Texas Local Government Code Title 7, Chapter 243 - Municipal And County Authority To Regulate Sexually Oriented Business

• Texas Section 243.001 - Purpose; Effect On Other Regulatory Authority
  (a) The legislature finds that the unrestricted operation of certain sexually oriented businesses may be detrimental to the public health, safety, and welfare by contributing...
• Texas Section 243.002 - Definition
  In this chapter, "sexually oriented business" means a sex parlor, nude studio, modeling studio, love parlor, adult bookstore, adult movie theater, adult video arcade, adult...
• Texas Section 243.003 - Authority To Regulate
  (a) A municipality by ordinance or a county by order of the commissioners court may adopt regulations regarding sexually oriented businesses as the municipality or...
• Texas Section 243.004 - Exempt Business
  The following are exempt from regulation under this chapter: (1) a bookstore, movie theater, or video store, unless that business is an adult bookstore, adult...
• Texas Section 243.005 - Business Licensed Under Alcoholic Beverage Code: Business Having Coin-operated Machines
  (a) A business is not exempt from regulation under this chapter because it holds a license or permit under the Alcoholic Beverage Code authorizing the...
• Texas Section 243.006 - Scope Of Regulation
  (a) The location of sexually oriented businesses may be: (1) restricted to particular areas; or (2) prohibited within a certain distance of a school, regular...
• Texas Section 243.007 - Licenses Or Permits
  (a) A municipality or county may require that an owner or operator of a sexually oriented business obtain a license or other permit or renew...
• Texas Section 243.0075 - Notice By Sign
  (a) An applicant for a license or permit issued under Section 243.007 for a location not currently licensed or permitted shall, not later than the...
• Texas Section 243.008 - Inspection
  A municipality or county may inspect a sexually oriented business to determine compliance with this chapter and regulations adopted under this chapter by the municipality...
• Texas Section 243.009 - Fees
  A municipality or county may impose fees on applicants for a license or other permit issued under this chapter or for the renewal of the...
• Texas Section 243.010 - Enforcement
  (a) A municipality or county may sue in the district court for an injunction to prohibit the violation of a regulation adopted under this chapter....
• Texas Section 243.011 - Effect On Other Laws
  This chapter does not legalize anything prohibited under the Penal Code or other state law. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept....

Last modified: September 28, 2016