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                                                                  H.B. No. 2856




AN ACT

relating to the repeal of the regulation of career counseling 
services.     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 2502, Occupations Code, is repealed.                       
	SECTION 2.  (a)  A certificate of authority issued under 
Chapter 2502, Occupations Code, in effect on the effective date of 
this Act expires on that date.  A bond filed or money deposited by 
the holder of a certificate of authority under Section 2502.053, 
Occupations Code, as that section existed before being repealed by 
this Act, shall be returned to the certificate holder by the Texas 
Department of Licensing and Regulation not later than the 30th day 
after the effective date of this Act.
	(b)  A proceeding under Chapter 2502, Occupations Code, 
including a complaint investigation, disciplinary action, and 
administrative penalty proceeding, pending on the effective date of 
this Act is terminated on that date.
	SECTION 3.  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, 2005.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 2856 was passed by the House on May 9, 
2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 3 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 2856 was passed by the Senate on May 
25, 2005, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor