By: Harris, Ike S.B. No. 389
73R2501 MRB-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the process under which state agencies and other
1-3 entities are periodically reviewed under the Texas Sunset Act.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. (a) The Sunset Advisory Commission is abolished
1-6 September 1, 1997. On the abolition of the commission:
1-7 (1) the records and other property in the custody of
1-8 the commission are transferred to the General Services Commission;
1-9 and
1-10 (2) the unobligated and unexpended appropriations of
1-11 the commission lapse.
1-12 (b) A statutory provision that makes a state agency or other
1-13 entity subject to Chapter 325, Government Code (Texas Sunset Act),
1-14 and that provides for the abolition of the agency or other entity
1-15 on a date after September 1, 1997, is ineffective to cause the
1-16 abolition or to make the agency or entity subject to review under
1-17 Chapter 325.
1-18 SECTION 2. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by
1-19 adding Section 325.025 to read as follows:
1-20 Sec. 325.025. ABOLITION OF COMMISSION AND EXPIRATION OF
1-21 CHAPTER. The commission is abolished and this chapter, except this
1-22 section and Section 325.017, expires September 1, 1997. This
1-23 section and Section 325.017 expire September 1, 1998.
1-24 SECTION 3. Section 45.008(a), Agriculture Code, is amended
2-1 to read as follows:
2-2 (a) If the objectives of the fund cannot be realized because
2-3 of lack of cooperation with the appropriate entities in Israel or
2-4 if the board is abolished <by the legislature or by operation of
2-5 the Texas Sunset Act (Chapter 325, Government Code)>, any asset
2-6 remaining that was received by gift or grant from Israel shall be
2-7 liquidated and a pro rata share of any money other than revenue
2-8 deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the Texas-Israel
2-9 Semi-Arid Fund shall be returned to Israel.
2-10 SECTION 4. Section 81.113, Government Code, is amended by
2-11 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
2-12 follows:
2-13 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the state bar
2-14 shall credit an attorney licensed in this state with meeting the
2-15 minimum continuing legal education requirements of the state bar
2-16 for a reporting year if during the reporting year the attorney is
2-17 employed full-time as an attorney by:
2-18 (1) the senate;
2-19 (2) the house of representatives;
2-20 (3) a committee, division, department, or office of
2-21 the senate or house;
2-22 (4) the Texas Legislative Council;
2-23 (5) the Legislative Budget Board;
2-24 (6) the Legislative Reference Library; or
2-25 (7) the office of the state auditor<; or>
2-26 <(8) the Sunset Advisory Commission>.
2-27 (c) For a reporting year ending before September 1, 1997,
3-1 Subsections (a) and (b) apply to an attorney employed full-time by
3-2 the Sunset Advisory Commission in the same way that those
3-3 subsections apply to an attorney described by Subsection (a). This
3-4 subsection expires September 1, 1997.
3-5 SECTION 5. Section 321.013(c), Government Code, is amended
3-6 to read as follows:
3-7 (c) The State Auditor shall determine the audit plan for the
3-8 state for each fiscal year. In devising the plan, the State
3-9 Auditor shall consider recommendations concerning coordination of
3-10 agency functions made by the committee created under Section
3-11 326.003 <composed of the Legislative Budget Board, Sunset Advisory
3-12 Commission, and State Auditor's Office>. The plan shall provide
3-13 for auditing of federal programs at least once in each fiscal
3-14 biennium and shall ensure that audit requirements of all bond
3-15 covenants and other credit or financial agreements are satisfied.
3-16 The committee shall review and approve the plan.
3-17 SECTION 6. Section 321.0134(b), Government Code, is amended
3-18 to read as follows:
3-19 (b) An effectiveness audit may be scheduled only when the
3-20 audited entity is not scheduled for review under the Texas Sunset
3-21 Act (Chapter 325). This subsection expires September 1, 1997.
3-22 SECTION 7. Section 326.003, Government Code, is amended by
3-23 amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
3-24 follows:
3-25 (a) The State Auditor's Office and the<,> Legislative Budget
3-26 Board<, and Sunset Advisory Commission> shall form a committee to
3-27 make recommendations relating to the coordination of the agencies'
4-1 functions.
4-2 (e) The Sunset Advisory Commission shall join with the State
4-3 Auditor's Office and the Legislative Budget Board in forming the
4-4 committee under Subsection (a). This subsection expires September
4-5 1, 1997.
4-6 SECTION 8. The section heading to Section 367.003, Health
4-7 and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
4-8 Sec. 367.003. ABOLITION OF COUNCIL <APPLICATION OF SUNSET
4-9 ACT>.
4-10 SECTION 9. Section 31.156(a), Natural Resources Code, is
4-11 amended to read as follows:
4-12 (a) The division shall review the real property inventory of
4-13 each state agency not less than every four years<, and a review
4-14 shall be made during the calendar year before the agency is
4-15 scheduled for abolition under the Texas Sunset Act (Chapter 325,
4-16 Government Code)>. The division may verify the accuracy of
4-17 inventory records provided by an agency.
4-18 SECTION 10. Section 1.02, Medical Practice Act (Article
4-19 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as
4-20 follows:
4-21 Sec. 1.02. Findings and Purposes. The legislature makes the
4-22 following declarations:
4-23 (1) the practice of medicine is a privilege and not a
4-24 natural right of individuals and as a matter of policy it is
4-25 considered necessary to protect the public interest through the
4-26 specific formulation of this Act to regulate the granting of that
4-27 privilege and its subsequent use and control;
5-1 (2) the Texas State Board of Medical Examiners should
5-2 remain the primary means of licensing, regulating, and disciplining
5-3 the individual physicians and surgeons who are licensed to practice
5-4 medicine;
5-5 (3) the current system relating to licensing
5-6 physicians and surgeons is basically a sound, workable system and
5-7 should be continued;
5-8 (4) the separate laws regulating the practice of
5-9 medicine should be brought together under one Act; this Act is not
5-10 intended to make substantive changes or alter prior judicial
5-11 interpretation unless the subject matter in this Act is
5-12 substantively changed or new matter is expressly added or old
5-13 matter expressly deleted;
5-14 (5) this Act is to continue the Texas State Board of
5-15 Medical Examiners, previously established under the laws of this
5-16 state, as an independent agency of the executive branch of
5-17 government;
5-18 (6) the acts that created the Texas State Board of
5-19 Medical Examiners and that regulate the practice of medicine and
5-20 related subjects have been enacted as separate articles of the
5-21 Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended; this Act is <to
5-22 comply with the Texas Sunset Act and> to modernize and make the
5-23 laws relating to the practice of medicine more accessible and
5-24 understandable in such a manner as to make no substantive changes
5-25 in prior laws or interpretation of those laws unless expressly so
5-26 done by this Act;
5-27 (7) consistent with the objectives of the above, one
6-1 purpose of this Act is to make the laws regulating physicians and
6-2 surgeons more accessible and understandable by:
6-3 (A) rearranging those laws into a more logical
6-4 order;
6-5 (B) employing a format and numbering system
6-6 designed to facilitate citation of the law and to accommodate
6-7 future expansion of the law;
6-8 (C) eliminating repealed, duplicative,
6-9 unconstitutional, expired, executed, and other ineffective
6-10 provisions;
6-11 (D) bringing together in one Act multiple
6-12 articles; and
6-13 (E) restating the law in more modern language
6-14 where possible;
6-15 (8) the individual physician should be given the
6-16 greatest opportunity to exercise his best independent professional
6-17 judgment in deciding what medical acts can be safely delegated;
6-18 therefore, rules of the board regulating delegation should have the
6-19 purpose of promoting such exercise of professional judgment and
6-20 decision by not containing, except as absolutely necessary, global
6-21 prohibitions or restrictions on delegation of medical acts; and
6-22 (9) recognizing that hospitals, facilities,
6-23 institutions, or programs and state agencies and political
6-24 subdivisions which own or operate hospitals, facilities, or
6-25 institutions or administer programs are responsible for determining
6-26 medical staff appointments or the qualifications of physicians for
6-27 such programs, and further recognizing that all persons licensed
7-1 under this Act have met certain basic educational requirements,
7-2 been examined by the board, and passed the same qualifying
7-3 examination which applies the same standards to all who desire to
7-4 practice medicine, irrespective of academic medical degree, it is
7-5 the intent of the legislature to prohibit differentiation solely on
7-6 the basis of the academic medical degree held by a person licensed
7-7 under this Act in determining such medical staff appointments or
7-8 such qualifications. To this end a hospital, institution, or
7-9 program that is licensed by this state, that is operated by the
7-10 state or a political subdivision of the state, or that receives
7-11 state financial assistance, directly or indirectly, shall not
7-12 differentiate solely on the basis of the academic medical degree
7-13 held by a person licensed under this Act. Such hospitals,
7-14 institutions, programs, and state agencies or political
7-15 subdivisions shall, however, be free to adopt reasonable rules,
7-16 regulations, and requirements relating to qualifications for
7-17 medical staff appointments, reappointments, termination of
7-18 appointments, the delineation of clinical privileges, or the
7-19 curtailment of clinical privileges of those who are appointed to
7-20 such medical staff or permitted to participate in educational
7-21 programs so long as such rules, regulations, and requirements are
7-22 determined upon a reasonable basis, such as professional and
7-23 ethical qualifications of the physician, upon standards that are
7-24 reasonable, applied untainted by irrelevant considerations,
7-25 supported by sufficient evidence, free of arbitrariness,
7-26 capriciousness, or unreasonableness and do not differentiate solely
7-27 upon the academic medical degree held by such physician. The
8-1 provisions contained herein relating to the academic medical degree
8-2 shall not be applicable to any medical school or college, any
8-3 programs of a medical school or college, or to any office or
8-4 offices of physicians singularly or in groups in the conduct of
8-5 their profession.
8-6 SECTION 11. Section 6A, Texas Internal Auditing Act (Article
8-7 6252-5d, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by amending
8-8 Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
8-9 (a) In addition to the duties prescribed by Section 6 of
8-10 this Act, the internal auditor shall, before November 1 of each
8-11 year, prepare an annual report and submit the report to the
8-12 governor, the Legislative Budget Board, <the Sunset Advisory
8-13 Commission,> the state auditor, the agency's governing board, and
8-14 the agency administrator.
8-15 (e) The internal auditor shall submit to the Sunset Advisory
8-16 Commission each annual report prepared under Subsection (a) of this
8-17 section. This subsection expires September 1, 1997.
8-18 SECTION 12. The section heading to Section 1.36,
8-19 Chapter 304, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular Session, 1991
8-20 (Article 6252-9d.1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to
8-21 read as follows:
8-22 Sec. 1.36. APPLICATION OF OTHER ACTS<; SUNSET ACT>.
8-23 SECTION 13. Section 2, Article 6252-31, Revised Statutes, as
8-24 added by Chapter 384, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular
8-25 Session, 1991, is amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding
8-26 Subsection (e) to read as follows:
8-27 (c) Each agency shall send a copy of each plan issued to the
9-1 Governor, the Lieutenant Governor, the Speaker of the House, the
9-2 Legislative Budget Board, <the Sunset Commission,> the State
9-3 Auditor, the Comptroller, and two copies to the Legislative
9-4 Reference Library.
9-5 (e) Each agency shall send a copy of each plan to the Sunset
9-6 Advisory Commission. This subsection expires September 1, 1997.
9-7 SECTION 14. Section 5, Article 6252-31, Revised Statutes, as
9-8 added by Chapter 384, Acts of the 72nd Legislature, Regular
9-9 Session, 1991, is amended to read as follows:
9-10 Sec. 5. CONSIDERATION OF STRATEGIC PLANS IN PERFORMANCE
9-11 AUDITS. The Comptroller of Public Accounts, <the Sunset
9-12 Commission,> the State Auditor, the Legislative Budget Board, and
9-13 any other agency that conducts performance audits of any agency
9-14 shall consider the degree to which the agency conforms to its
9-15 strategic plan in its evaluation.
9-16 SECTION 15. Section 4, Article 6669a, Revised Statutes, is
9-17 amended to read as follows:
9-18 Sec. 4. ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The State Engineer-Director for
9-19 Highways and Public Transportation shall report not later than
9-20 February 1 of each year to the Commission and<,> each house of the
9-21 state legislature<, and the Sunset Advisory Commission> on the
9-22 progress of the Department in the recruitment and hiring of women
9-23 and minority job applicants.
9-24 (b) The engineer-director also shall make the report to the
9-25 Sunset Advisory Commission. This subsection expires September 1,
9-26 1997.
9-27 SECTION 16. The section heading to Section 1.02, Texas
10-1 Workers' Compensation Act (Article 8308-1.02, Vernon's Texas Civil
10-2 Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
10-3 Sec 1.02. APPLICATION OF OTHER ACTS<; SUNSET>.
10-4 SECTION 17. The following laws, as compiled in Vernon's
10-5 Texas Civil Statutes or as codified, are repealed:
10-6 (1) Section 201.025, Agriculture Code (State Soil and
10-7 Water Conservation Board);
10-8 (2) Section 5.01(b), Alcoholic Beverage Code (Texas
10-9 Alcoholic Beverage Commission);
10-10 (3) Section 11.011, Education Code (Central Education
10-11 Agency);
10-12 (4) Section 11.035, Education Code (Texas School for
10-13 the Deaf);
10-14 (5) Section 11.0611, Education Code (Texas School for
10-15 the Blind and Visually Impaired);
10-16 (6) Section 57.12(a), Education Code (Texas Guaranteed
10-17 Student Loan Corporation);
10-18 (7) Section 61.0211, Education Code (Texas Higher
10-19 Education Coordinating Board);
10-20 (8) Section 86.511, Education Code (Real Estate
10-21 Research Center);
10-22 (9) Section 33.003, Government Code (State Commission
10-23 on Judicial Conduct);
10-24 (10) Section 42.006, Government Code (state
10-25 prosecuting attorney);
10-26 (11) Section 52.014, Government Code (Court Reporters
10-27 Certification Board);
11-1 (12) Section 71.002, Government Code (Texas Judicial
11-2 Council);
11-3 (13) Section 81.003, Government Code (state bar);
11-4 (14) Section 82.006, Government Code (Board of Law
11-5 Examiners);
11-6 (15) Section 91.008, Government Code (State Law
11-7 Library);
11-8 (16) Section 317.012, Government Code (budget
11-9 execution law);
11-10 (17) Section 325.0081, Government Code (transit
11-11 authority);
11-12 (18) Section 325.0082, Government Code (regional
11-13 transportation authority);
11-14 (19) Section 404.012(a), Government Code (State
11-15 Depository Board);
11-16 (20) Section 405.002, Government Code (secretary of
11-17 state);
11-18 (21) Section 411.002(c), Government Code (Department
11-19 of Public Safety);
11-20 (22) Section 465.002, Government Code (Texas National
11-21 Research Laboratory Commission);
11-22 (23) Section 481.003, Government Code (Texas
11-23 Department of Commerce);
11-24 (24) Section 482.002, Government Code (Texas Space
11-25 Commission);
11-26 (25) Section 752.025, Government Code (Governor's
11-27 Advisory Committee on Immigration and Refugees);
12-1 (26) Section 781.0175(c), Government Code (Interagency
12-2 Council for Services for the Homeless);
12-3 (27) Section 801.107, Government Code (State Pension
12-4 Review Board);
12-5 (28) Section 815.005, Government Code (board of
12-6 trustees of the Employees Retirement System of Texas);
12-7 (29) Section 825.006, Government Code (board of
12-8 trustees of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas);
12-9 (30) Section 11.003, Health and Safety Code (Texas
12-10 Board of Health and the Texas Department of Health);
12-11 (31) Section 102.003, Health and Safety Code (Texas
12-12 Cancer Council);
12-13 (32) Section 106.009, Health and Safety Code (Center
12-14 for Rural Health Initiatives);
12-15 (33) Section 107.009, Health and Safety Code (office
12-16 of minority health);
12-17 (34) Section 224.012, Health and Safety Code (Texas
12-18 Hospital Equipment Financing Council);
12-19 (35) Section 402.012, Health and Safety Code (Texas
12-20 Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Authority);
12-21 (36) Section 461.004, Health and Safety Code (Texas
12-22 Commission on Alcohol and Drug Abuse);
12-23 (37) Section 532.002, Health and Safety Code (Texas
12-24 Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation);
12-25 (38) Section 21.002, Human Resources Code (Texas
12-26 Department of Human Services);
12-27 (39) Section 50.004(n), Human Resources Code (Council
13-1 for Social Work Certification);
13-2 (40) Section 61.020, Human Resources Code (Texas Youth
13-3 Commission);
13-4 (41) Section 74.011, Human Resources Code (Children's
13-5 Trust Fund of Texas Council);
13-6 (42) Section 81.004, Human Resources Code (Texas
13-7 Commission for the Deaf and Hearing Impaired);
13-8 (43) Section 91.001, Human Resources Code (Texas
13-9 Commission for the Blind);
13-10 (44) Section 101.002, Human Resources Code (Texas
13-11 Department on Aging);
13-12 (45) Section 111.012, Human Resources Code (Texas
13-13 Rehabilitation Commission);
13-14 (46) Section 112.023, Human Resources Code (Texas
13-15 Planning Council for Developmental Disabilities);
13-16 (47) Section 112.052, Human Resources Code (Office for
13-17 the Prevention of Developmental Disabilities);
13-18 (48) Section 115.005, Human Resources Code (Governor's
13-19 Committee on People with Disabilities);
13-20 (49) Section 122.003, Human Resources Code (Texas
13-21 Committee on Purchases of Products and Services of Blind and
13-22 Severely Disabled Persons);
13-23 (50) Section 136.002, Human Resources Code (Council on
13-24 Minority Health Affairs);
13-25 (51) Section 141.012, Human Resources Code (Texas
13-26 Juvenile Probation Commission);
13-27 (52) Article 1.02(d), Insurance Code (Texas Department
14-1 of Insurance);
14-2 (53) Article 1.35A(k), Insurance Code (office of
14-3 public insurance counsel);
14-4 (54) Section 11.0111, Parks and Wildlife Code (Parks
14-5 and Wildlife Department);
14-6 (55) Section 5.014, Water Code (Texas Natural Resource
14-7 Conservation Commission);
14-8 (56) Section 6.013, Water Code (Texas Water
14-9 Development Board);
14-10 (57) Section 28, Article 41a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil
14-11 Statutes (Texas State Board of Public Accountancy);
14-12 (58) Section 3(e), Article 135b-6, Vernon's Texas
14-13 Civil Statutes (Texas Structural Pest Control Board);
14-14 (59) Section 1.03(a), Article 179g, Vernon's Texas
14-15 Civil Statutes (lottery division);
14-16 (60) Section 2a, Article 249a, Vernon's Texas Civil
14-17 Statutes (Texas Board of Architectural Examiners);
14-18 (61) Article 342-103a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
14-19 (Finance Commission of Texas);
14-20 (62) Section 8, Article 342-115, Vernon's Texas Civil
14-21 Statutes (State Banking Board);
14-22 (63) Article 342-201a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
14-23 (office of Banking Commissioner);
14-24 (64) Article 342-205(j), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
14-25 (office of Savings and Loan Commissioner);
14-26 (65) Subsection O, Article 581-2, Vernon's Texas Civil
14-27 Statutes (State Securities Board);
15-1 (66) Section 2.07, Article 601b, Vernon's Texas Civil
15-2 Statutes (General Services Commission);
15-3 (67) Section 3A, Article 1118x, Vernon's Texas Civil
15-4 Statutes (metropolitan rapid transit authority);
15-5 (68) Section 3A, Article 1118y, Vernon's Texas Civil
15-6 Statutes (regional transportation authority);
15-7 (69) Section 5a, Article 1446c, Vernon's Texas Civil
15-8 Statutes (Public Utility Commission of Texas and Office of Public
15-9 Utility Counsel);
15-10 (70) Section 3a, Article 3271a, Vernon's Texas Civil
15-11 Statutes (State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers);
15-12 (71) Section 4(d), Article 4413(29bb), Vernon's Texas
15-13 Civil Statutes (Texas Board of Private Investigators and Private
15-14 Security Agencies);
15-15 (72) Section 5(e), Article 4413(29cc), Vernon's Texas
15-16 Civil Statutes (Polygraph Examiners Board);
15-17 (73) Section 10A, Article 4413(34b), Vernon's Texas
15-18 Civil Statutes (State Aircraft Pooling Board);
15-19 (74) Section 1.04, Article 4413(501), Vernon's Texas
15-20 Civil Statutes (Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs);
15-21 (75) Section 3, Article 4413(502), Vernon's Texas
15-22 Civil Statutes (Health and Human Services Commission);
15-23 (76) Section 8, Article 4413(503), Vernon's Texas
15-24 Civil Statutes (Department of Protective and Regulatory Services);
15-25 (77) Section 8, Article 4413(504), Vernon's Texas
15-26 Civil Statutes (Department of Public Health);
15-27 (78) Section 3(10), Article 4442d, Vernon's Texas
16-1 Civil Statutes (Texas Board of Licensure for Nursing Home
16-2 Administrators);
16-3 (79) Section 1.03(a)(14), Article 4495b, Vernon's
16-4 Texas Civil Statutes (definition of Texas Sunset Act);
16-5 (80) Section 5.10, Article 4495b, Vernon's Texas Civil
16-6 Statutes (Texas State Board of Medical Examiners);
16-7 (81) Section 3(h), Article 4512b, Vernon's Texas Civil
16-8 Statutes (Texas Board of Chiropractic Examiners);
16-9 (82) Section 4a, Article 4512c, Vernon's Texas Civil
16-10 Statutes (Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists);
16-11 (83) Section 4(a), Article 4512c-1, Vernon's Texas
16-12 Civil Statutes (Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and
16-13 Family Therapists);
16-14 (84) Section 2(g), Article 4512e, Vernon's Texas Civil
16-15 Statutes (Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners);
16-16 (85) Section 21, Article 4512g, Vernon's Texas Civil
16-17 Statutes (Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional
16-18 Counselors);
16-19 (86) Section 19, Article 4512h, Vernon's Texas Civil
16-20 Statutes (Texas State Board of Examiners of Dietitians);
16-21 (87) Section 3A, Article 4512i, Vernon's Texas Civil
16-22 Statutes (midwifery board);
16-23 (88) Section 22, Article 4512j, Vernon's Texas Civil
16-24 Statutes (State Committee of Examiners for Speech-Language
16-25 Pathology and Audiology);
16-26 (89) Article 4513a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
16-27 (Board of Nurse Examiners);
17-1 (90) Section 5(p), Article 4528c, Vernon's Texas Civil
17-2 Statutes (Board of Vocational Nurse Examiners);
17-3 (91) Section 3, Article 4542a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil
17-4 Statutes (Texas State Board of Pharmacy);
17-5 (92) Article 4543b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
17-6 (State Board of Dental Examiners);
17-7 (93) Article 4552-2.01a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
17-8 (Texas Optometry Board);
17-9 (94) Article 4566-1.02(j), Vernon's Texas Civil
17-10 Statutes (Texas Board of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of
17-11 Hearing Aids);
17-12 (95) Article 4568b, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
17-13 (Texas State Board of Podiatry Examiners);
17-14 (96) Subsection N, Section 2, Article 4582b, Vernon's
17-15 Texas Civil Statutes (Texas Funeral Service Commission);
17-16 (97) Article 5069-2.02(6), Vernon's Texas Civil
17-17 Statutes (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner);
17-18 (98) Article 5221b-8(i), Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
17-19 (Texas Employment Commission);
17-20 (99) Section 3.03, Article 5221k, Vernon's Texas Civil
17-21 Statutes (Commission on Human Rights);
17-22 (100) Section 5, Article 5282c, Vernon's Texas Civil
17-23 Statutes (Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying);
17-24 (101) Section 21(h), Article 6243e, Vernon's Texas
17-25 Civil Statutes, as amended by Chapter 129, Acts of the 72nd
17-26 Legislature, Regular Session, 1991, and by Chapter 17, Acts of the
17-27 72nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 1991 (office of fire
18-1 fighters' pension commissioner);
18-2 (102) Section 4a, Article 6243-101, Vernon's Texas
18-3 Civil Statutes (Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners);
18-4 (103) Section 1a, Article 6252-6b, Vernon's Texas
18-5 Civil Statutes (Texas Surplus Property Agency);
18-6 (104) Section 1.36(d), Article 6252-9d.1, Vernon's
18-7 Texas Civil Statutes (Texas Ethics Commission);
18-8 (105) Section 1.004, Article 6252-29a, Vernon's Texas
18-9 Civil Statutes (Texas Incentive and Productivity Commission);
18-10 (106) Article 6445a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes
18-11 (Railroad Commission of Texas);
18-12 (107) Section 5(n), Article 6573a, Vernon's Texas
18-13 Civil Statutes (Texas Real Estate Commission);
18-14 (108) Section 6a, Article 7621e, Vernon's Texas Civil
18-15 Statutes (Texas Water Well Drillers Board);
18-16 (109) Section 26a, Article 8407a, Vernon's Texas Civil
18-17 Statutes (State Board of Barber Examiners);
18-18 (110) Section 2(k), Article 8451a, Vernon's Texas
18-19 Civil Statutes (Texas Cosmetology Commission);
18-20 (111) Section 3(g), Article 8851, Vernon's Texas Civil
18-21 Statutes (Texas Advisory Board of Occupational Therapy);
18-22 (112) Section 4(e), Article 8885, Vernon's Texas Civil
18-23 Statutes (Board of Tax Professional Examiners);
18-24 (113) Section 5(i), Article 8890, Vernon's Texas Civil
18-25 Statutes (State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners); and
18-26 (114) Section 4, Article 9100, Vernon's Texas Civil
18-27 Statutes (Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation and the
19-1 Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation).
19-2 SECTION 18. This Act takes effect October 1, 1993.
19-3 SECTION 19. The importance of this legislation and the
19-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
19-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
19-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
19-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.