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| 1 | 1 | By: Isaac H.B. No. 5215 | |
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| 6 | 6 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 7 | 7 | AN ACT | |
| 8 | 8 | relating to the criminal penalty for practicing chiropractic | |
| 9 | 9 | without a license; increasing a criminal penalty. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 201.605, Occupations Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 201.605. CRIMINAL PENALTY: PRACTICE WITHOUT LICENSE. | |
| 14 | 14 | (a) A person commits an offense if the person violates Section | |
| 15 | 15 | 201.301. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) An [Except as provided by Subsection (c), an] offense | |
| 17 | 17 | under this section is a felony of the third degree [Class A | |
| 18 | 18 | misdemeanor]. | |
| 19 | 19 | (c) [If it is shown on the trial of the offense that the | |
| 20 | 20 | defendant has been previously convicted under Subsection (a), the | |
| 21 | 21 | offense is a felony of the third degree.] | |
| 22 | 22 | [(d)] Each day of violation constitutes a separate offense. | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 24 | 24 | an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | |
| 25 | 25 | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed | |
| 26 | 26 | by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former | |
| 27 | 27 | law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this | |
| 28 | 28 | section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this | |
| 29 | 29 | Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |