1-1 By: Capelo, Carter (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 3153
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 9, 2001;
1-3 May 10, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Health
1-4 and Human Services; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting;
1-6 May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-8 AN ACT
1-9 relating to the authority of chiropractors to form certain
1-10 professional associations.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 2(A), Texas Professional Association Act
1-13 (Article 1528f, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended to read
1-14 as follows:
1-15 (A) Formation. Any one or more persons duly licensed to
1-16 practice a profession, including podiatry, [or] dentistry, or
1-17 chiropractic, under the laws of this state may, by complying with
1-18 this Act, form a professional association, as distinguished from
1-19 either a partnership or a corporation, by associating themselves
1-20 for the purpose of performing professional services and dividing
1-21 the gains therefrom as stated in articles of association or bylaws.
1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-23 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-24 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-25 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-26 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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