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. 1-22 * * * * *