Texas does not allow recreational cannabis sales, so no social-equity licensing program exists in Harris County. The Compassionate Use Program through the Texas Department of Public Safety is the only legal cannabis license, and it has only three statewide medical dispensers with no equity preference.
Texas Health and Safety Code chapter 487 created the Compassionate Use Program, the state's only legal cannabis licensing scheme. Texas DPS has issued just three Compassionate Use licenses statewide, none in Harris County, and the law contains no equity preferences for legacy operators, communities harmed by drug enforcement, women, or minority owners. Recreational cannabis remains a Health and Safety Code chapter 481 controlled substance. Harris County cannot create a local equity license because state law occupies the field. Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg has reduced low-level prosecution, but no formal expungement or equity-licensing pipeline exists. Advocates push the legislature to add equity provisions if recreational sales are ever authorized.
Operating a cannabis business without a Texas DPS Compassionate Use license is a state-jail felony or higher under Health and Safety Code chapter 481, with fines up to ten thousand dollars and prison time, plus federal Controlled Substances Act penalties.
Deer Park, TX
Deer Park Code of Ordinances Chapter 74 (Offenses and Nuisances) prohibits unreasonably loud noise that disturbs the peace of others. The city enforces noise...
Deer Park, TX
Deer Park regulates construction noise through its general nuisance provisions in Chapter 74. While no specific construction hours ordinance exists, disrupti...
Deer Park, TX
Deer Park restricts parking of large commercial vehicles in residential districts. Vehicles exceeding one ton rated capacity or bearing commercial markings a...
Deer Park, TX
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Deer Park, TX
Deer Park requires residential vehicles to be parked on improved surfaces such as concrete or asphalt. Parking on grass, dirt, or other unimproved surfaces i...
Deer Park, TX
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