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.