S.B. No. 1523
AN ACT
relating to the dismissal of a baseless or unfounded complaint
filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 801, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 801.2052 to read as follows:
Sec. 801.2052. DISMISSAL OF BASELESS OR UNFOUNDED
COMPLAINT. (a) If, before the 180th day after the date the board's
official investigation of a complaint is commenced, the board
determines in accordance with rules adopted under this section that
a complaint filed with the board is baseless or unfounded, the board
shall:
(1) dismiss the complaint; and
(2) include a statement in the record of the complaint
that the complaint was dismissed because the complaint was baseless
or unfounded.
(b) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section
and establish criteria for determining that a complaint is baseless
or unfounded.
SECTION 2. Rules adopted under Section 801.2052,
Occupations Code, as added by this Act, may not take effect until
September 1, 2025.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1523 passed the Senate on
April 3, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 4, 2023, by the
following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1523 passed the House, with
amendment, on April 27, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 147,
Nays 0, one present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor