| (a) This chapter applies to all dry cleaning facilities, dry cleaning drop stations, and distributors. (b) This chapter and Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 374 do not apply to the following types or categories of businesses: (1) hotels, motels, and similar establishments that meet the definition of a "hotel" in Texas Tax Code, §156.001, unless the business is also a dry cleaning facility or a dry cleaning drop station that accepts garments or other fabrics from retail customers; (2) formal wear and costume rental businesses, including tuxedo and bridal wear rental, as included in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) title "Formal Wear and Costume Rental," code 532220, unless the business is also a dry cleaning facility or a dry cleaning drop station that accepts garments or other fabrics from retail customers; (3) linen supply establishments and industrial launderers, including uniform supply, as included in the NAICS titles "Linen Supply," code 812331, and "Industrial Launderers," code 812332, unless the business is also a dry cleaning facility or a dry cleaning drop station that accepts garments or other fabrics from retail customers; (4) businesses that clean uniforms provided by the business for the sole use of the employees of the business using equipment located on the premises of the business, unless the business is also a dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop station that accepts garments or other fabrics from retail customers; (5) mobile dry cleaning drop stations, meaning any vehicle that is used, in whole or in part, to operate or provide a route service or pickup and delivery service between a retail customer and a dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop station; (6) transporting agents or services that haul garments between dry cleaning facilities and dry cleaning drop stations and that do not operate, in whole or in part, to provide a route service or pickup and delivery service between a retail customer and a dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop station; and (7) governmental bodies as set forth in Texas Health and Safety Code, §374.003. (c) For the purposes of this chapter, the terms "dry cleaning facility" and "dry cleaning drop station" do not include the types or categories of businesses set forth in subsection (b) of this section. |
