By: Kuempel, Fallon (Senate Sponsor - Menéndez) H.B. No. 2430
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2015;
April 21, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
and Human Services; May 15, 2015, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to food and beverage consumption in certain public
swimming pools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 341.064, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (l-1) to read as follows:
(l-1) Rules adopted under this chapter may not prohibit the
consumption of food or beverages in a public swimming pool that is
privately owned and operated.
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, 2015.
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