By Barrientos                                         S.R. No. 1193
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                                 R E S O L U T I O N
 1-1           BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 76th
 1-2     Legislature, Regular Session, 1999, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
 1-3     suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08, to enable the
 1-4     conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on House
 1-5     Bill No. 1059, relating to the regulation of amusement rides, to
 1-6     consider and take action on the following matters:
 1-7           (1)  Senate Rules 12.03(1), (2), (3), and (4) are suspended
 1-8     to permit the committee to modify the existing text and add
 1-9     additional text, in Section 3 of the bill, to added Section 4(d),
1-10     Article 21.60, Insurance Code, to read as follows:
1-11           (d)  A person who operates an amusement ride in this state
1-12     shall maintain accurate records of any governmental action taken in
1-13     any state relating to that particular amusement ride, including an
1-14     inspection resulting in the repair or replacement of equipment used
1-15     in the operation of the amusement ride.  The operator shall file
1-16     with the commissioner on a quarterly basis a report on a form
1-17     designed by the commissioner describing each governmental action
1-18     taken in the quarter covered by the report for which the operator
1-19     is required by this subsection to maintain records. A report is not
1-20     required under this section in any quarter in which no reportable
1-21     governmental action was taken in any state in which the person
1-22     operated the amusement ride.
1-23           Explanation:  This change is necessary to clarify that
1-24     records of governmental actions are required to be maintained only
 2-1     for the specific amusement ride against which the actions are taken
 2-2     rather than for all amusement rides of a particular classification.
 2-3           (2)  Senate Rules 12.03(1), (3), and (4) are suspended to
 2-4     permit the committee to modify the existing text and add additional
 2-5     text, in Section 6 of the bill, to amended Section 9(a), Article
 2-6     21.60, Insurance Code, to read as follows:
 2-7           (a)  A person commits an offense if the person [he] fails to
 2-8     comply with any requirement under Section 4, [or] 5, 10(e), 10(f),
 2-9     10(g), or 10(k) of this article or under any rule adopted by the
2-10     commissioner under Section 4 of this article.
2-11           Explanation:  This change is necessary to create a criminal
2-12     offense for operating an amusement ride after a death has occurred
2-13     on the ride.