Amend CSHB 1615 (House Committee Report) by striking all 
below the enacting clause and substituting the following:
	SECTION 1.  Section 801.356(a), Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	(a)  Section 801.355(c) does not apply to the practice of a 
veterinarian, or the legal successor of the practice, if the 
practice is operating in space that was opened, designed, or 
engineered in accordance with plans for a specific facility 
submitted to the board [open and operating] before December 31, 
2009 [January 1, 1993].
	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, 2009.