By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 253
	(In the Senate - Filed January 24, 2003; February 5, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Education; 
March 19, 2003, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 8, 
Nays 0; March 19, 2003, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to 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 defined by Section 61.003, Education Code.
	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.



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