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78R5734 YDB-D

By:  Edwards                                                      H.B. No. 1265



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the office locations of certain persons with regard to 
the practice of optometry.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 351.408(d), Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(d)  This section does not apply to a manufacturer, 
wholesaler, or retailer of ophthalmic goods who is an optometrist, 
therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician or a legal entity 
wholly owned and controlled by at least one optometrist, 
therapeutic optometrist, or licensed physician, unless the 
optometrist, therapeutic optometrist, or legal entity has offices 
at more than six [three] locations.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.