H.B. No. 1615
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the practice of veterinarians in certain mercantile
  establishments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 801.356(a), Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  Section 801.355(c) does not apply to the practice of a
  veterinarian, or the legal successor of the practice, if the
  practice is operating in space that was opened, designed, or
  engineered in accordance with plans for a specific facility
  submitted to the board [open and operating] before December 31,
  2009 [January 1, 1993].
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1615 was passed by the House on April
  15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 1615 was passed by the Senate on May
  7, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor