By Turner of Coleman H.B. No. 426 76R683 DB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to educational requirements for the executive director of 1-3 the Texas Animal Health Commission. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 161, Agriculture Code, is 1-6 amended by adding Section 161.0305 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 161.0305. EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; QUALIFICATIONS. The 1-8 executive director must hold a degree in veterinary medicine and a 1-9 license issued by the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners. 1-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.