By Junell                                       H.B. No. 1236

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the continuation of the Texas Racing Commission.

 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 18.01(a), Texas Racing Act (Article 179e,

 1-5     Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:

 1-6           (a)  The Texas Racing Commission is subject to Chapter 325,

 1-7     Government Code (Texas Sunset Act).  Unless continued in existence

 1-8     as provided by that chapter, and except as provided by Subsections

 1-9     (b) and (c) of this section, the commission is abolished and this

1-10     Act expires September 1, 1999 [1997].

1-11           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-12           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-13     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-14     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

1-15     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

1-16     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.