82R12620 ALB-F
 
  By: Hochberg H.B. No. 1859
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1859:
 
  By:  Driver C.S.H.B. No. 1859
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of architectural barrier standards.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 469.003(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The standards adopted under this chapter do not apply to
  a [place used primarily for religious rituals within a] building or
  facility owned, operated, or controlled by [of] a religious
  organization or entity controlled by a religious organization,
  including a place of worship, as referenced in Section 307,
  Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. Section
  12187).  
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.