By Maxey H.B. No. 1563 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the rehabilitation of wildlife. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 43.025(b), Parks and Wildlife Code, is 1-5 amended to read as follows: 1-6 (b) The application must be endorsed by two recognized 1-7 specialists in the biological field concerned who are residents of 1-8 the United States and have known the applicant for at least five 1-9 years; except that endorsement is not required for an application 1-10 for a permit to take alligators or marine life for aquarium 1-11 purposes. An endorsement of an application for a permit in which 1-12 the rehabilitation of wildlife is authorized may be made by a 1-13 specialist who has known the applicant for at least two years. 1-14 SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 43.025(b), 1-15 Parks and Wildlife Code, as amended by this Act, applies to an 1-16 application for a rehabilitation permit under Subchapter C, Chapter 1-17 43, Parks and Wildlife Code, that is submitted to the Parks and 1-18 Wildlife Department on or after the effective date of this Act. 1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-20 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.