(a) A local government authority, including a local health department, may not:
(1) regulate the production of food at a cottage food production operation; or
(2) require a cottage food production operation to obtain any type of license or permit or pay any fee to produce or sell directly to a consumer or cottage food vendor, or to provide samples directly to a consumer, a food other than a food described by Sections 437.001(2-b)(A)(i)-(vi).
(b) Each local health department and the department shall maintain a record of a complaint made by a person against a cottage food production operation.
(c) A local government authority, including a local health department, may not employ or continue to employ a person who knowingly requires or attempts to require a cottage food production operation to obtain a license or permit in violation of Subsection (a)(2).