By:  Cain                                             S.B. No. 1300
         2001S0761/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the practice of medicine without an annual registration
 1-3     receipt.
 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 without an annual registration
 1-8     receipt for the current year after the expiration of the 30-day
 1-9     grace period [as] provided under Section 156.004 [by this
1-10     subchapter] has the same effect as, and is subject to all penalties
1-11     of, practicing medicine without a license.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-13     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-14     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-15     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-16     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.