By King of Parker H.B. No. 2956 77R8667 YDB-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to licensing requirements applicable to persons who 1-3 advertise certain services. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 245, Health and Safety Code, 1-6 is amended by adding Section 245.0106 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 245.0106. YELLOW PAGE ADVERTISEMENTS. Notwithstanding 1-8 Section 245.004 or any other law, a facility may not advertise the 1-9 availability of abortion services at the facility in the yellow 1-10 pages of a telephone directory unless the facility is licensed 1-11 under this chapter. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and 1-13 applies only to a facility that advertises services described by 1-14 Section 245.0106, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, in 1-15 an advertisement published on or after that date. A facility that 1-16 advertises the availability of those services in an advertisement 1-17 published before the effective date of this Act is governed by the 1-18 law as it existed immediately before that effective date, and that 1-19 law is continued in effect for that purpose.