By:  Estes                                                        S.B. No. 1237
	(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2003; March 19, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs and 
Military Installations; April 9, 2003, reported adversely, with 
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 
0; April 9, 2003, sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1237                                   By:  Estes


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to license fees for certain nursing and convalescent 
homes.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 242.097, Health and Safety Code, is 
amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  This section does not apply to a veterans home as 
defined by Section 164.002, Natural Resources Code.
	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.



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