(a) The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory may charge and collect fees for goods and services the laboratory provides to any person, including a governmental entity.
(b) The laboratory may adopt a fee or change the amount of a fee only after the laboratory:
(1) at least 30 days before the date the laboratory adopts the fee or changes the amount of the fee, provides notice of the proposed fee:
(A) in any newsletter distributed by the laboratory; and
(B) on the laboratory’s Internet website;
(2) provides the public a reasonable opportunity to submit written comments on the proposed fee or fee amount; and
(3) considers all public comments received under Subdivision (2).