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.