By Armbrister                                   S.B. No. 1191

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 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.