By: Smith, Dalton H.B. No. 305
73R942 CBH-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the application of certain professional fees and taxes.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 3.11A, Medical Practice Act (Article
1-5 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding
1-6 Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-7 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
1-8 to:
1-9 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
1-10 (2) a person who is a retired physician and who is
1-11 exempt from the annual registration fee.
1-12 SECTION 2. Article 4550c, Revised Statutes, is amended by
1-13 adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-14 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
1-15 to:
1-16 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
1-17 (2) a person on retired status.
1-18 SECTION 3. Section 3.03B, Texas Optometry Act (Article
1-19 4552-3.03B, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding
1-20 Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-21 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
1-22 to:
1-23 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
1-24 (2) a person who does not practice optometry or
2-1 therapeutic optometry in this state and who is exempt from the
2-2 continuing education requirements.
2-3 SECTION 4. Section 11B, Chapter 94, Acts of the 51st
2-4 Legislature, Regular Session, 1949 (Article 4512b, Vernon's Texas
2-5 Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as
2-6 follows:
2-7 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
2-8 to:
2-9 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
2-10 (2) a person on inactive status.
2-11 SECTION 5. Section 16B, Psychologists' Certification and
2-12 Licensing Act (Article 4512c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
2-13 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
2-14 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
2-15 to:
2-16 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
2-17 (2) a person whose certificate or license has been
2-18 placed on inactive status.
2-19 SECTION 6. Section 9A, Public Accountancy Act of 1991
2-20 (Article 41a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
2-21 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
2-22 (d) A fee increase imposed by Subsection (a) of this section
2-23 and the fee imposed under Subsection (b) of this section do not
2-24 apply to:
2-25 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
2-26 (2) a person who does not practice accountancy because
2-27 of retirement and who pays a reduced license fee for an initial or
3-1 renewal license.
3-2 SECTION 7. Section 4C, Chapter 478, Acts of the 45th
3-3 Legislature, Regular Session, 1937 (Article 249a, Vernon's Texas
3-4 Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as
3-5 follows:
3-6 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
3-7 to:
3-8 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
3-9 (2) a person who is an approved Emeritus architect.
3-10 SECTION 8. Section 13B, The Texas Engineering Practice Act
3-11 (Article 3271a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by
3-12 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
3-13 (d) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
3-14 to:
3-15 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
3-16 (2) a person who does not practice engineering, as
3-17 provided by rules adopted by the Board.
3-18 SECTION 9. Section 11A, The Real Estate License Act (Article
3-19 6573a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding
3-20 Subsection (c) to read as follows:
3-21 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
3-22 to:
3-23 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
3-24 (2) a person on inactive status.
3-25 SECTION 10. Section 41, The Securities Act (Article 581-41,
3-26 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection (c)
3-27 to read as follows:
4-1 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
4-2 to:
4-3 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
4-4 (2) a person who does not practice in this state as a
4-5 dealer, seller, officer, or salesman within the scope of this Act,
4-6 as provided by rules adopted by the Board.
4-7 SECTION 11. Section 22, The Veterinary Licensing Act
4-8 (Article 8890, Revised Statutes), is amended by adding Subsection
4-9 (c) to read as follows:
4-10 (c) A fee increase imposed by this section does not apply
4-11 to:
4-12 (1) a person who is 65 years of age or older; or
4-13 (2) a person on retired status.
4-14 SECTION 12. Section 191.144, Tax Code, is amended to read as
4-15 follows:
4-16 Sec. 191.144. EXEMPTIONS. The tax imposed by this
4-17 subchapter does not apply to:
4-18 (1) an attorney who is 65 <70> years of age or older;
4-19 or
4-20 (2) an attorney who has assumed inactive status under
4-21 rules governing the licensing of attorneys in this state.
4-22 SECTION 13. The change in law made by this Act applies only
4-23 to a fee or tax imposed on or after the effective date of this Act.
4-24 SECTION 14. The importance of this legislation and the
4-25 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
4-26 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
4-27 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
5-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
5-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
5-3 passage, and it is so enacted.