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, I, e e AGREEMENT THE STATE OF TEXAS COUNTY OF HARRIS ~ ~ . ~ This Agreement, made and entered into by Harris County ("County"), a body corporate and politic under the laws of the State of Texas, and City of LaPorte ("City"), a municipal corporation situated in Harris County. I. The County agrees to make available to the City its Food Establishment Surveillance Program Services through Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services. n. The County, acting through Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services and pursuant to its Food Establishment Surveillance Program, agrees to provide food inspecti~n and permitting services to all food establishments located within the corporate limits of the City during the term of this Agreement. These services may include, but are not limited to, the following: 1. Establishment of a Food Establishment Surveillance Program; 2. Certification of establishments for the issuance of health permits; 3. Notification to the City of violations of the City's h~alth ordin~ces; 4. Documentation, in semi-annual reports, of the Food Establishment Surveillance Program activities within the City; and 5. Approval of food-establishment managers' training programs and certification of managers where required by ordinance. m. The City agrees to maintain, during the period of this Agreement, ordinances that effectuate the following: 1. Adopt the Texas Board of Health's "Tex~s Food Establishment Rules" found at 25 TEX. ADMIN CODE ~~229.161 - 22-.171, and ~~229.173 - 229.175, with an effective date of October 16, 1998, as amended and which rules are adopted by reference as if set forth at length; 2. Adopt the "Rules Regulating Food Establishments in Harris County, Texas" promulgated by the Commissioners Court of Harris County, Texas, as amended; 3. Designate the Director of Harris County Public Health and Environmental Services as Health Authority for the purposes of this Agreement;