84R10850 TSR-D
By: Zedler H.B. No. 2443
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the deposit of optometrist and therapeutic optometrist
license fees in the University of Houston development fund for use
by the University of Houston College of Optometry.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 351.153(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) Of each additional fee collected, $50 shall be deposited
in the foundation school fund and $150 shall be deposited in the
University of Houston development [general revenue] fund to be used
solely by the University of Houston College of Optometry, as
provided by Section 351.154(b), at the discretion of the
appropriate administrators of the institution.
SECTION 2. Section 351.154(b), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(b) The board shall deposit in the University of Houston
development fund 15 percent of each annual renewal fee collected by
the board under Section 351.152. The money paid to that fund under
Section 351.153(b) and this subsection may be used solely for
scholarships or improvements in the physical facilities, including
library facilities, of the College of Optometry.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.