1-1 By: Junell (Senate Sponsor - Montford) H.B. No. 1620 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 1995; 1-3 May 12, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance; 1-4 May 18, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, 1-5 Nays 0; May 18, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to licensing fees of veterinarians. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. The Veterinary Licensing Act (Article 8890, 1-11 Revised Statutes) is amended by adding Section 25 to read as 1-12 follows: 1-13 Sec. 25. (a) The license renewal fee established by the 1-14 Board imposed by or under another section of this Act is increased 1-15 by $200. 1-16 (b) Of each fee increase collected, $50 shall be deposited 1-17 to the credit of the foundation school fund and $150 shall be 1-18 deposited to the credit of the general revenue fund. This 1-19 subsection applies to the disposition of each fee increase 1-20 regardless of any other provision of the law providing for a 1-21 different disposition of funds. 1-22 (c) The increase in the license renewal fee described in 1-23 Subsection (a) of this section does not apply to a license holder 1-24 who is: 1-25 (1) exempt from paying the annual renewal fee under 1-26 Section 13(f) of this Act; or 1-27 (2) on inactive status under Section 10B(b) of this 1-28 Act. 1-29 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and 1-30 applies only to a license renewal fee paid on or after the 1-31 effective date of this Act. A license renewal fee paid before 1-32 September 1, 1995, is governed by the law as it existed immediately 1-33 before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in 1-34 effect for that purpose. 1-35 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-36 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-37 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-38 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-39 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-40 * * * * *