1-1     By:  Staples                                           S.B. No. 575
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2001; February 8, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Education;
 1-4     March 15, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 15, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to applicability of the Texas Youth Camp Safety and Health
 1-9     Act to a private or independent institution of higher education.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Section 141.0021 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 141.0021.  EXEMPTION.  This chapter does not apply to a
1-14     facility or program operated by a private or independent
1-15     institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003,
1-16     Education Code.
1-17           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-18     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-19     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-20     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-21     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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