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| 1 | 1 | 81R11398 NC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Homer H.B. No. 4213 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the selection of the presiding officer of the Texas | |
| 8 | 8 | Medical Board. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 152.008, Occupations Code, is amended to | |
| 11 | 11 | read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 152.008. OFFICERS. (a) Not later than December after | |
| 13 | 13 | each regular session of the legislature, the governor shall appoint | |
| 14 | 14 | from the members of the board a president, to serve in that capacity | |
| 15 | 15 | at the pleasure of the governor. Notwithstanding any other law or | |
| 16 | 16 | rule, any member of the board is eligible for appointment as | |
| 17 | 17 | president of the board under this subsection. | |
| 18 | 18 | (b) The [, and the] board shall elect from its members a vice | |
| 19 | 19 | president, secretary-treasurer, and other officers as are | |
| 20 | 20 | required, in the board's opinion, to carry out the board's duties. | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |