1-1 By: Berlanga (Senate Sponsor - Armbrister) H.B. No. 2573
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 1997;
1-3 April 29, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
1-4 and Human Services; May 15, 1997, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; May 15, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to fees assessed for the regulation of athletic trainers
1-9 and the audit of certain financial transactions regarding that
1-10 regulation.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 7, Chapter 498, Acts of the 62nd
1-13 Legislature, Regular Session, 1971 (Article 4512d, Vernon's Texas
1-14 Civil Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-15 Sec. 7. FEES; AUDIT. (a) After consultation with the
1-16 commissioner or the department, the [The] board by rule shall
1-17 [may] set [and charge license and examination] fees under this Act
1-18 in amounts that are reasonable and necessary to collect sufficient
1-19 revenue to cover the costs of administration of this Act.
1-20 (b) The department shall receive and account for [board may
1-21 not set and charge] fees received under this Act. The department
1-22 shall transmit the fees to the comptroller for deposit in a special
1-23 account in the general revenue fund designated as the licensed
1-24 athletic trainers account. Money in the account may be used only
1-25 for the administration of this Act [that exceed:]
1-26 [(1) an athletic trainer examination fee of $50 for
1-27 each examination taken;]
1-28 [(2) an athletic trainer license fee of $50; and]
1-29 [(3) an athletic trainer annual license renewal fee of
1-30 $40].
1-31 (c) The department shall file annually with the governor and
1-32 the presiding officer of each house of the legislature a complete
1-33 and detailed written report accounting for all funds received and
1-34 disbursed by the board or the department during the preceding
1-35 fiscal year. The annual report must be in the form and reported in
1-36 the time provided by the General Appropriations Act.
1-37 (d) The financial transactions of the board or department
1-38 under this Act are subject to audit by the state auditor in
1-39 accordance with Chapter 321, Government Code.
1-40 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-41 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-42 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-43 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-44 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-45 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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