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         By Staples                                             S.B. No. 575
         Substitute the following for S.B. No. 575:
         By Rangel                                          C.S.S.B. No. 575
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to applicability of the Texas Youth Camp Safety and Health
 1-3     Act to a private or independent institution of higher education.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Section 141.0021 to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 141.0021.  EXEMPTION. This chapter does not apply to a
 1-8     facility or program operated by or on the campus of an institution
 1-9     of higher education or a private or independent institution of
1-10     higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-12     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-13     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-14     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-15     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.