S.B. No. 329
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to a prohibition on the use of a tanning facility by a
  minor.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsections (e), (f), and (i), Section 145.008,
  Health and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (e)  Before a customer [who is 18 years of age or older] uses
  a tanning facility's tanning device for the first time and each time
  a person executes or renews a contract to use a tanning facility,
  the person must provide photo identification and sign a written
  statement acknowledging that the person has read and understood the
  required warnings before using the device and agrees to use
  protective eyewear.
         (f)  To ensure the proper operation of the tanning equipment,
  a tanning facility may not allow[:
               [(1)]  a person younger than 18 [16.5] years of age to
  use a tanning device[; and
               [(2)     a person younger than 18 years of age to use a
  tanning device unless the person's parent or legal guardian, in
  person at the facility, consents in writing for the person to use
  the device, which may be revoked at any time].
         (i)  A record of each customer using a tanning device shall
  be maintained at the tanning facility at least until the third
  anniversary of the date of the customer's last use of a tanning
  device.  The executive commissioner of the Health and Human
  Services Commission by rule shall prescribe the form and content of
  the records.  The record shall include:
               (1)  the date and time of the customer's use of a
  tanning device;
               (2)  the length of time the tanning device was used;
               (3)  any injury or illness resulting from the use of a
  tanning device;
               (4)  any [parent or guardian consent required under
  Subsection (f) or any] written informed consent statement required
  to be signed under Subsection (e) [or (g)];
               (5)  the customer's skin type, as determined by the
  customer by using the Fitzpatrick scale for classifying a skin
  type;
               (6)  whether the customer has a family history of skin
  cancer; and
               (7)  whether the customer has a past medical history of
  skin cancer.
         SECTION 2.  Subsection (g), Section 145.008, Health and
  Safety Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 3.  Notwithstanding Subsection (i), Section
  145.008, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, a tanning
  facility must maintain a record of the information required under
  Subsections (g) and (i), Section 145.008, Health and Safety Code,
  as that law existed before the effective date of this Act, for a
  customer younger than 18 years old until the third anniversary of
  the date of the customer's last use of a tanning device.
         SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and
  the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 329 passed the Senate on
  April 17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 25, Nays 6.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 329 passed the House on
  May 14, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 94, Nays 48, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor