85R25836 DMS-F
By: Stephenson H.B. No. 3206
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3206:
By: Kuempel C.S.H.B. No. 3206
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the combative sports advisory board.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 2052.055, Occupations Code, is amended
by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) If the commission elects to appoint an advisory board,
the commission shall appoint a nine-member board composed of the
following:
(1) three physicians;
(2) one chiropractor;
(3) one representative of a boxing promoter;
(4) one representative of a mixed martial arts
promoter;
(5) one combative sports referee or judge, licensed at
least three years;
(6) one former combative sports contestant; and
(7) one member of the public.
(c) If the commission appoints an advisory board, the
commission by rule shall establish:
(1) [the number of board members;
[(2)] qualifications for appointment to the board; and
(2) [(3)] the purpose and duties of the board.
SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section
2052.055, Occupations Code, regarding the composition of the
combative sports advisory board, do not affect the entitlement of a
member who is not a physician and who is serving on the advisory
board to continue to serve and function as a member of the advisory
board for the remainder of the member's term as established by the
Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation. If more than three
physicians are serving on the advisory board immediately before the
effective date of this Act, the commission must replace a physician
member with a chiropractic member on that date. As other vacancies
occur on the advisory board on or after the effective date of this
Act, the presiding officer of the commission, with the approval of
the other commission members, shall appoint members to the advisory
board in a manner consistent with the changes in law made by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.