H.B. No. 1620 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to licensing fees of veterinarians. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. The Veterinary Licensing Act (Article 8890, 1-5 Revised Statutes) is amended by adding Section 25 to read as 1-6 follows: 1-7 Sec. 25. (a) The license renewal fee established by the 1-8 Board imposed by or under another section of this Act is increased 1-9 by $200. 1-10 (b) Of each fee increase collected, $50 shall be deposited 1-11 to the credit of the foundation school fund and $150 shall be 1-12 deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. This 1-13 subsection applies to the disposition of each fee increase 1-14 regardless of any other provision of the law providing for a 1-15 different disposition of funds. 1-16 (c) The increase in the license renewal fee described in 1-17 Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a license holder 1-18 who is: 1-19 (1) exempt from paying the annual renewal fee under 1-20 Section 13(f) of this Act; or 1-21 (2) on inactive status under Section 10B(b) of this 1-22 Act. 1-23 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 1-24 applies only to a license renewal fee paid on or after the 2-1 effective date of this Act. A license renewal fee paid before 2-2 September 1, 1995, is governed by the law as it existed immediately 2-3 before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in 2-4 effect for that purpose. 2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.