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By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 253

Substitute the following for S.B. No. 253:                                    

By:  Morrison                                                 C.S.S.B. No. 253



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the applicability of the Texas Youth Camp Safety and 
Health Act to facilities or programs operated by or on the campus of 
an institution of higher education.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 141, Health and Safety Code, is amended 
by adding Section 141.0021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 141.0021.  EXEMPTION.  This chapter does not apply to a 
facility or program operated by or on the campus of an institution 
of higher education or a private or independent institution of 
higher education as those terms are defined by Section 61.003, 
Education Code, that is regularly inspected by one or more local 
governmental entities for compliance with health and safety 
standards.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it 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, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.