86R2313 ADM-F
By: Stephenson H.B. No. 201
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) four 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; and
(6) one former combative sports contestant.
(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 serving on the advisory board immediately before the
effective date of this Act 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.
As the terms of members expire or as 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, 2019.