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By: Kuempel (Senate Sponsor - Averitt) |
H.B. No. 1615 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 16, 2009; |
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April 16, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Natural Resources; April 28, 2009, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; April 28, 2009, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the practice of veterinarians in certain mercantile |
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establishments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 801.356(a), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) Section 801.355(c) does not apply to the practice of a |
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veterinarian, or the legal successor of the practice, if the |
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practice is operating in space that was opened, designed, or |
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engineered in accordance with plans for a specific facility |
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submitted to the board [open and operating] before December 31, |
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2009 [January 1, 1993]. |
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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 September 1, 2009. |
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