By: Patterson, J. S.B. No. 983 73R5544 JMM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the imposition of a fee by the Board of Nurse Examiners 1-3 to fund the dissemination of certain required information. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 16, Article 4525a, Revised Statutes, is 1-6 amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-7 (c) The board shall establish a mandatory publication fee as 1-8 provided by Section 1, Article 4527, Revised Statutes, to fund the 1-9 dissemination of information required under this section. The 1-10 revenue from the fee may be used only to carry out the board's 1-11 duties under this section. 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 1, Article 4527, Revised Statutes, is 1-13 amended to read as follows: 1-14 Sec. 1. The Board of Nurse Examiners shall establish 1-15 reasonable and necessary fees for the administration of its 1-16 functions in amounts not to exceed: 1-17 Admission fee to examination ............................. $200 1-18 Duplicate or substitute of current certificate ............. 25 1-19 Duplicate or substitute of permanent certificate ........... 25 1-20 Duplicate permits .......................................... 15 1-21 Endorsement with or without examination ................... 150 1-22 Re-registration ............................................ 50 1-23 Issuance of a temporary permit under Art. 4523 ............. 25 1-24 Reactivating from inactive status .......................... 30 2-1 Accreditation of new schools and programs ................. 150 2-2 Filing of affidavits in re-change of name .................. 10 2-3 Verification of records .................................... 50 2-4 Bad checks ................................................. 25 2-5 Advanced Nurse Practitioner-initial credentials ............ 50 2-6 Advanced Nurse Practitioner-renewal of credentials ......... 25 2-7 Issuance of declaratory order of eligibility for license ... 25 2-8 Mandatory publication fee .................................. 10 2-9 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-10 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-11 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-13 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-14 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.