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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	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

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