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By: Dawson (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 2350
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 28, 2003;
May 1, 2003, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 21, 2003, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8,
Nays 0; May 21, 2003, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 2350 By: Nelson
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. (a) 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.
(b) Before adopting or amending a rule under Subsection (a),
the board shall solicit comments and information from the operators
of affected youth camps and allow affected youth camp operators the
opportunity to meet with appropriate department staff who are
involved with the rulemaking process.
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.
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