78R8101 JSA-D

By:  Pitts                                                        H.B. No. 3244



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the periodic review and continuation of the Texas 
Veterinary Medical Diagnostic Laboratory and to authorizing the 
laboratory to charge fees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter I, Chapter 88, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Sections 88.703 and 88.704 to read as follows:
	Sec. 88.703.  SUNSET PROVISION.  The Texas Veterinary 
Medical Diagnostic Laboratory is subject to Chapter 325, Government 
Code (Texas Sunset Act).  Unless continued in existence as provided 
by that chapter, the laboratory is abolished and this subchapter 
expires September 1, 2015.
	Sec. 88.704.  FEES.  The Texas Veterinary Medical Diagnostic 
Laboratory may charge and collect fees for goods and services the 
laboratory provides to any person, including a governmental entity.
	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.