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78R736 JRD-D


By:  Dawson                                                       H.B. No. 2350



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount charged by the Texas Department of Health for 
a youth camp license.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, is amended 
by adding Section 141.0035 to read as follows:
	Sec. 141.0035.  LICENSE FEES.  The board by rule shall 
establish the amount of the fee for obtaining or renewing a license 
under this chapter.  The board shall set the fee in a reasonable 
amount designed to recover the direct and indirect costs to the 
department of administering and enforcing this chapter.  The board 
may set fees in a different amount for resident youth camps and day 
youth camps to reflect differences in the costs of administering 
and enforcing this chapter for resident and day camps.
	SECTION 2.  Section 141.004(a), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  To obtain a license, a person must submit a license 
application accompanied by a license fee in an amount set by the 
board [as follows:
		[(1)  a resident youth camp shall pay a fee of $40 for a 
new license; and
		[(2)  a day youth camp shall pay a fee of $25 for a new 
license].
	SECTION 3.  Section 141.005(b), Health and Safety Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(b)  The application must be accompanied by a renewal fee in 
an amount set by the board [of:
		[(1)  $40 for a resident camp; or                            
		[(2)  $25 for a day camp].                                   
	SECTION 4.  The Texas Board of Health shall adopt rules to 
implement the change in law made by this Act as soon as practicable.  
Until the board's rules take effect, the Texas Department of Health 
shall continue to charge the amounts prescribed for a license fee 
under Section 141.004 or 141.005, Health and Safety Code, as 
applicable, as those sections existed immediately before the 
effective date of this Act, and the prior law is continued in effect 
for this purpose.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.