SRC-CTC S.B. 575 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterS.B. 575
By: Staples
Education
5/28/2001
Enrolled


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Texas Department of Health (department) has the
responsibility for licensing and regulating youth camps.  In recent years,
personnel from some of the department's regional offices have asserted that
private or independent institutions of higher education that provide
activities for young people on campus during summer months or other periods
of low demand should be regulated by the department.  However, private or
independent institutions of higher education have the general
characteristics of colleges and universities and should not be considered
"camps."  S.B. 575 creates an exception to remove such institutions of
higher education from regulation under the Texas Youth Camp Safety and
Health Act. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, by adding Section
141.0021, as follows: 

Sec. 141.0021. EXEMPTION.  Provides that this chapter does not apply to a
facility or program operated by or on the campus of an institution of
higher education or a private or independent institution of higher
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.