By Capelo                                             H.B. No. 3153
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of chiropractors to form certain
 1-3     professional associations.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 2(A), Texas Professional Association Act
 1-6     (Article 1528f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
 1-7     as follows:
 1-8           (A)  Formation.  Any one or more persons duly licensed to
 1-9     practice a profession, including podiatry, [or] dentistry, or
1-10     chiropractic, under the laws of this state may, by complying with
1-11     this Act, form a professional association, as distinguished from
1-12     either a partnership or a corporation, by associating themselves
1-13     for the purpose of performing professional services and dividing
1-14     the gains therefrom as stated in articles of association or bylaws.
1-15           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-16     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-17     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-18     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-19     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.