No state hotel license; DSHS sanitation standards (Health & Safety Code Ch. 341); hotel occupancy tax registration (Tax Code Ch. 156); human-trafficking training/signage (Bus. & Com. Code Ch. 114). Enforced by Local health departments/code enforcement; DSHS Public Health Sanitation Program (complaints where no local authority); Texas Attorney General (Ch. 114); Comptroller (occupancy tax). Verified on the primary source, re-checked weekly.
DSHS inspects hotels only on complaint where no local health department exists. Lodging with more than 10 rooms must give employees annual attorney-general-approved trafficking training and post 11x17 signage; civil penalty up to $500 per violation per day.
Source: primary document
Statewide layer. County and city amendments sit on top; the building view resolves them from your ZIP.
In force (Ch. 114 effective Jan 1, 2022; amended effective Jan 1, 2025); no pending statewide hotel safety mandate found
No state hotel license; DSHS sanitation standards (Health & Safety Code Ch. 341); hotel occupancy tax registration (Tax Code Ch. 156); human-trafficking training/signage (Bus. & Com. Code Ch. 114). DSHS inspects hotels only on complaint where no local health department exists. Lodging with more than 10 rooms must give employees annual attorney-general-approved trafficking training and post 11x17 signage; civil penalty up to $500 per violation per day.
Local health departments/code enforcement; DSHS Public Health Sanitation Program (complaints where no local authority); Texas Attorney General (Ch. 114); Comptroller (occupancy tax).
Nothing is scheduled. The rule above stays in force until the state adopts a newer edition or amends the program; AHJ Radar re-checks the source weekly.
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