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            |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
         
            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to the presiding officer of the State Board of Veterinary | 
         
            |  | Medical Examiners. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Section 801.055(a), Occupations Code, is amended | 
         
            |  | to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | (a)  The governor shall designate a veterinarian member of | 
         
            |  | the board as the presiding officer of the board to serve in that | 
         
            |  | capacity at the pleasure of the governor. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only | 
         
            |  | to the appointment of the presiding officer of the State Board of | 
         
            |  | Veterinary Medical Examiners on or after the effective date of this | 
         
            |  | Act. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |