Amend CSSB 1889 as follows: (1) Strike SECTION 3 of the bill (senate committee printing, page 3, lines 12-22) and renumber subsequent sections accordingly. (2) Strike current SECTION 6 of the bill (senate committee printing, page 4, lines 40-44) and substitute the following: SECTION 6. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (e) of this section, this Act takes effect September 1, 1999. (b) On or after the effective date of this Act, a pharmacy technician must have a high school diploma, a high school equivalency certificate, or be working to achieve an equivalent diploma or certificate. (c) On or after the effective date of this Act, a pharmacy may employ a pharmacy technician only if the ratio of pharmacy technicians to supervising pharmacists does not exceed two-to-one. (d) The Texas State Board of Pharmacy may enforce this section. A violation of this section is a violation of the Texas Pharmacy Act (Article 4542a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). (e) Section 20A, Texas Pharmacy Act (Article 4542a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this Act, takes effect January 1, 2001. A rule adopted under Section 20A, Texas Pharmacy Act (Article 4542a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this Act, may not take effect before September 1, 2001. Section 20B, Texas Pharmacy Act (Article 4542a-1, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as added by this Act, takes effect September 1, 2001.