H.B. No. 1839 AN ACT relating to excluding a provider of recreational classes that do not lead to an educational credential from regulation as a career school or college. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is amended by adding Section 132.005 to read as follows: Sec. 132.005. APPLICABILITY. This chapter does not apply to a school or training program that offers only avocational or recreational instruction or teacher instruction for the following subjects: (1) dance; (2) music; (3) martial arts; (4) yoga; (5) physical fitness; (6) horseback riding; (7) riflery or other weapon use; (8) sewing, knitting, or other needlecrafts; or (9) sports. 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, 2011. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1839 was passed by the House on May 5, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 1839 was passed by the Senate on May 23, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor