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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