1-1 By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1659 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed April 20, 1995; April 20, 1995, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Finance; May 9, 1995, 1-4 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; 1-5 May 9, 1995, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the fees required of certain persons who practice 1-9 public accountancy. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 9A, Public Accountancy Act of 1991 1-12 (Article 41a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by 1-13 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-14 (d) The increase in fees and the additional fee provided by 1-15 Subsections (a) and (b) of this section do not apply to a license 1-16 holder who is an employee of the federal government or state 1-17 government who engages in the practice of public accountancy only 1-18 in the scope of the license holder's employment by the federal 1-19 government or state government. 1-20 SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a fee that becomes due 1-21 on or after the effective date of this Act. A fee that becomes due 1-22 before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in 1-23 effect at the time the fee became due, and the former law is 1-24 continued in effect for that purpose. 1-25 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-26 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-27 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-28 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-29 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-30 * * * * *