By: Flores  S.B. No. 1850
         (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2023; March 20, 2023, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture & Rural
  Affairs; May 2, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 2, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the presiding officer of the State Board of Veterinary
  Medical Examiners.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 801.055(a), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  The governor shall designate a veterinarian member of
  the board as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that
  capacity at the pleasure of the governor.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the appointment of the presiding officer of the State Board of
  Veterinary Medical Examiners on or after the effective date of this
  Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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