1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to fees assessed for the regulation of athletic trainers
1-3 and the audit of certain financial transactions regarding that
1-4 regulation.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 7, Chapter 498, Acts of the 62nd
1-7 Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 4512d, Vernon's Texas
1-8 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-9 Sec. 7. FEES; AUDIT. (a) After consultation with the
1-10 commissioner or the department, the [The] board by rule shall
1-11 [may] set [and charge license and examination] fees under this Act
1-12 in amounts that are reasonable and necessary to collect sufficient
1-13 revenue to cover the costs of administration of this Act.
1-14 (b) The department shall receive and account for [board may
1-15 not set and charge] fees received under this Act. The department
1-16 shall transmit the fees to the comptroller for deposit in a special
1-17 account in the general revenue fund designated as the licensed
1-18 athletic trainers account. Money in the account may be used only
1-19 for the administration of this Act [that exceed:]
1-20 [(1) an athletic trainer examination fee of $50 for
1-21 each examination taken;]
1-22 [(2) an athletic trainer license fee of $50; and]
1-23 [(3) an athletic trainer annual license renewal fee of
1-24 $40].
2-1 (c) The department shall file annually with the governor and
2-2 the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a complete
2-3 and detailed written report accounting for all funds received and
2-4 disbursed by the board or the department during the preceding
2-5 fiscal year. The annual report must be in the form and reported in
2-6 the time provided by the General Appropriations Act.
2-7 (d) The financial transactions of the board or department
2-8 under this Act are subject to audit by the state auditor in
2-9 accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code.
2-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
2-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2573 was passed by the House on April
25, 1997, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2573 was passed by the Senate on May
26, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor