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.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 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.
                                             _______________________________
                                                Chief Clerk of the House
         Approved:
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                      Date
         _______________________________
                    Governor