By: Vasut (Senate Sponsor - Huffman) H.B. No. 630
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 15, 2023;
  May 16, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
  Resources & Economic Development; May 17, 2023, rereferred to
  Committee on Finance; May 18, 2023, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 15, Nays 0; May 18, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         HuffmanX
         HinojosaX
         BettencourtX
         CampbellX
         CreightonX
         FloresX
         HallX
         HancockX
         HughesX
         KolkhorstX
         NicholsX
         PaxtonX
         PerryX
         SchwertnerX
         WestX
         WhitmireX
         ZaffiriniX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the provision of lifeguards by certain municipalities
  and counties on public beaches.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 61.065, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  Subsection (c)(1) does not apply to a municipality with
  a population of less than 1,000 that is located in a county adjacent
  to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million.
         SECTION 2.  Section 61.066, Natural Resources Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
         (e)  Subsection (b)(1) does not apply to a county adjacent to
  a county with a population of more than 3.3 million that contains a
  municipality adjacent to the Gulf of Mexico with a population of
  less than 1,000.
         SECTION 3.  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, 2023.
 
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