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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of practicing |
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veterinary medicine without a license; increasing a criminal |
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penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 801.504(b), Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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except that an offense under this section is a state jail felony if |
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it is shown on the trial of the offense that the actor: |
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(1) violated Section 801.251; and |
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(2) during the commission of the offense falsely |
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represented to another that the actor was a veterinarian or was |
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affiliated with a veterinarian's practice. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |