Bill Text: TX SB1523 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the dismissal of a baseless or unfounded complaint filed with the State Board of Veterinary Medical Examiners.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-19 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB1523 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1523-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1523 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
