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2003S0452-1 03/03/03

By:  Hilderbran                                                   H.B. No. 2075


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to regulating health and safety conditions at youth camps.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 141.007, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsections (d), (e), and (f) to read as follows:
	(d)  An employee or agent of the department who enters a 
youth camp to investigate and inspect conditions shall:
		(1)  notify the person in charge of the camp of any 
violations as they are discovered; and
		(2)  allow the camp to correct the violations while the 
investigation and inspection is occurring.
	(e)  An employee or agent of the department performing an 
investigation and inspection under this section may not report a 
violation that is corrected during the investigation and 
inspection.
	(f)  A penalty may not be imposed on a youth camp for a 
violation that is corrected during an investigation and inspection 
under this section.
	SECTION 2.  Subsection (c), Section 141.016, Health and 
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The penalty may not exceed $1,000 [$2,000] a day for 
each violation.
	SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 341.051 to read as follows:
	Sec. 341.051.  WATER SUPPLIES AT YOUTH CAMPS.  The 
commission shall execute a memorandum of understanding with the 
department under which the department, in performing its functions 
under Chapter 141, shall also perform appropriate functions of the 
commission under this subchapter in relation to the regulation of 
the water supply at a youth camp licensed under that chapter.  Under 
the memorandum of understanding, department employees shall 
inspect the water supply of a youth camp in conjunction with 
inspections conducted under Section 141.007 and shall communicate 
information relating to any violation of applicable standards to 
youth camp operators.  The commission shall retain the authority to 
enforce this subchapter.
	SECTION 4.  Subsections (d), (e), and (f), Section 141.007, 
Health and Safety Code, as added by Section 1 of this Act, apply 
only to an investigation and inspection of a youth camp that occurs 
on or after the effective date of Section 1 of this Act.  An 
investigation and inspection that occurred before the effective 
date of Section 1 of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the 
date the investigation and inspection occurred, and the former law 
is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, except 
that Section 3 of this Act takes effect immediately if this Act 
receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each 
house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  
If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate 
effect, Section 3 of this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.