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. Subsection (a), Section 156.008, Occupations
1-6 Code, is amended 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 Subsection (c), Section
1-14 311.031, Government Code, which gives effect to a substantive
1-15 amendment enacted by the same legislature that codifies the amended
1-16 statute, the text of Subsection (a), Section 156.008, Occupations
1-17 Code, as set out in Section 1 of this Act, gives effect to changes
1-18 made by Chapter 1262, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
1-19 Session, 1999.
1-20 (b) To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails over
1-21 another Act of the 77th Legislature, Regular Session, 2001,
1-22 relating to nonsubstantive additions and corrections in enacted
1-23 codes.
1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-25 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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1300 passed the Senate on
April 11, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 0, one
present, not voting; and that the Senate concurred in House
amendment on May 17, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0,
one present, not voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1300 passed the House, with
amendment, on May 8, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
Nays 0, two present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor