77R10320 JMM-F                           
         By Capelo                                             H.B. No. 2942
         Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2942:
         By Capelo                                         C.S.H.B. No. 2942
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the practice of medicine without an annual registration
 1-3     permit.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 156.008(a), Occupations Code, is amended
 1-6     to read as follows:
 1-7           (a)  Practicing medicine after the expiration of the 30-day
 1-8     grace period under Section 156.004 following expiration of
 1-9     [without] an annual registration permit that has not been renewed
1-10     for the current year as provided by this subchapter has the same
1-11     effect as, and is subject to all penalties of, practicing medicine
1-12     without a license.
1-13           SECTION 2. (a)  In accordance with Section 311.031(c),
1-14     Government Code, which gives effect to a substantive amendment
1-15     enacted by the same legislature that codifies the amended statute,
1-16     the text of Section 156.008(a), Government Code, as set out in
1-17     Section 1 of this Act, gives effect to changes made by Chapter
1-18     1262, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular Session, 1999.
1-19           (b)  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over
1-20     another Act of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001,
1-21     relating to nonsubstantive additions and corrections in enacted
1-22     codes.
1-23           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-24     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
 2-1     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
 2-2     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
 2-3     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.