| 8 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 5 | | relating to student use of sunscreen products in public schools. |
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| 10 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 38, Education Code, is |
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| 12 | 8 | | amended by adding Section 38.021 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 9 | | Sec. 38.021. USE OF SUNSCREEN PRODUCTS. (a) A student may |
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| 14 | 10 | | possess and use a topical sunscreen product while on school |
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| 15 | 11 | | property or at a school-related event or activity to avoid |
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| 16 | 12 | | overexposure to the sun and not for the medical treatment of an |
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| 17 | 13 | | injury or illness if the product is approved by the federal Food and |
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| 18 | 14 | | Drug Administration for over-the-counter use. |
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| 19 | 15 | | (b) This section does not: |
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| 20 | 16 | | (1) waive any immunity from liability of a school |
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| 21 | 17 | | district, its board of trustees, or its employees; or |
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| 22 | 18 | | (2) create any liability for or a cause of action |
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| 23 | 19 | | against a school district, its board of trustees, or its employees. |
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| 24 | 20 | | SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning with the 2015-2016 |
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| 25 | 21 | | school year. |
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| 26 | 22 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 27 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 28 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 29 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 30 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 27 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 28 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 29 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 265 passed the Senate on |
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| 30 | + | April 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 28, Nays 2; and that |
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| 31 | + | the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 29, 2015, by the |
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| 32 | + | following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. |
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| 33 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 35 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 265 passed the House, with |
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| 36 | + | amendment, on May 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, |
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| 37 | + | Nays 0, three present not voting. |
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| 38 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 40 | + | Approved: |
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| 41 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | + | Date |
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| 43 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 44 | + | Governor |
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