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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to making an appropriation to the Texas Medical Board for  | 
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the purpose of enforcement activities and to repay a deficiency  | 
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grant. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  In addition to amounts previously appropriated  | 
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to the Texas Medical Board for the state fiscal biennium ending  | 
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August 31, 2007, the amount of $1,570,575 is appropriated out of the  | 
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public assurance account to the board for the two-year period  | 
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beginning on the effective date of this Act for the purpose of  | 
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enforcement activities and to repay the emergency and deficiency  | 
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funds transferred to the board from the office of the governor for  | 
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operating costs incurred in the state fiscal year ending August 31,  | 
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2007. | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives  | 
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as  | 
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this  | 
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this  | 
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Act takes effect on the 91st day after the last day of the  | 
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legislative session. |