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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the expenditure of public funds for certain playground |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 756.061(a) and (b), Health and Safety |
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Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding any other rule or statute, and except |
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[Except] as provided by Subsection (b), on or after September 1, |
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2009 [1997], public funds may not be used: |
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(1) to purchase playground equipment that does not |
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[substantially] comply with each applicable provision of ASTM |
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Standard F1487-07ae, "Consumer Safety Performance Specification |
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for Playground Equipment for Public Use" [the Handbook for Public
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Playground Safety] published [in 1994] by ASTM International [the
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United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (Publication No.
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325)]; |
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(2) to purchase surfacing for the area under and |
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around playground equipment if the surfacing will not |
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[substantially] comply, on completion of installation of the |
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surfacing, with each applicable provision of ASTM Standard |
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F2223-04e1, "Standard Guide for ASTM Standards on Playground |
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Surfacing" published by ASTM International [the handbook described
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by Subdivision (1)]; or |
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(3) to pay for installation of playground equipment or |
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surfacing if the installation will not [substantially] comply, on |
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completion of the installation, with each applicable provision of |
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the specifications [handbook] described by Subdivision (1) or (2), |
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as applicable. |
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(b) Public funds may be used for maintenance of playground |
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equipment or surfacing for the area under and around playground |
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equipment that was purchased before September 1, 2009 [1997], even |
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if the equipment or surfacing does not [substantially] comply, on |
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completion of the maintenance, with each applicable provision of |
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the specifications [handbook] described by Subsections |
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[Subsection] (a)(1) and (a)(2). |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |