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OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS AUSTIN
GROVER SELLERS AXTORNIY GEH~RAL
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Texar State Baud of Raulairr in Optometry AateA YOU’ btt83’
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02 t&Y UntteA St&88 prelirlacry to lmduetioa intO th8 #iilitWy Ikrvl60, ll&y ?8gI8tvr vith the Stat8 Board of R%WS.Mrr in &W6etry rithla 8f.X month8 riter teXmiMtiOl2 Ot hi8 88iA 8erVic8, trbinlng or rduaatioa, other than by airhouor- able aiwhmge, prodded he fU?aib8 the stat. Romd of ltumlnerr la Optometry rith btfldrtlt8 to th e effwt that ha has born so l ngeged, WA [80] termInatea, ma oocsplrtrr hi8 unrialrhra rork thrt~hl8 IervlOe, t?aIninR 09 h48 bwn ducatlon l l 8 &OVR by the rOOOd8 Of th6 8d.’ ‘Are th4 potl8lon8 wt forth above m8n- &rtOr OU th18 h8rd, - 8hOtdd l 96P808 apply I 8ir ROnth8 titer hlr IurY- at l l t8r drt8,thbN ICI b8 bW0 to roaept him ppreotlos?” 8n tWLiMt~, UthOd?i8d t& ma l [18] ’ &I MUElMtioP Of tb .I\tfXO blil di8OxOw8 Wpd to hare been parred by a tvO-third8 kndorlty of both Hoore Oi the.bglrlatrul8 88 UI emer&erlO~ Ilb*IIiFe, 81@8d by Oovernor.on June 2, 8~~3 rim in the oftie OS the 8aaretWy of Stbts on the W 68t8 8t 11130 A& 18 s88Od Vith th. MOr8MAOy 01OU8E, tip0 8trtUt8 by tho requlzed vote, vhea epprowl by the Oovwaor, it be- #iAlUi 7. @b&f state8 mflitie8 00&I 8ffOOtiV8 iIItWai@t81yq Coapany, (01~. App.) 167’8.W. (a) 557,. wit rrfu8ed. ’ 86OtiOn Oi sOU88 Bill 187 4UM68 &tiCie TiW fti8t 4557, Chapter 10, Title 71, of the 1925 Rerlrrd 01~11 Stat- Ut88. 811108 the nev bill tha former lav, rehi8aor tier V8 hero qUOt8 the uia hrillele es it erlrted ImmeAl~ta- ly prior tie th8 1945 aimMat, underlln&ng the portion8 your wWryt 88peaally pertlwnt “h8rf gIO~804& ae8iriIQ t0 WtiOe OptgI-
dry lo the State OS Tour 8ttal r be rewired paw th8 e~Mtlw glen by ‘the T8m8 Stat0 Boora of mamiwrr in Optometry. The ppllolnt asll m rppUart;aa b poeeating to the ho- 21.tary of the Board, on I $MI furalohed by t&e 8VOfU wlAao l c.tbt, Bourd, tit~llf~OtO?J h. h@8 attUned Q@ of tVeaty-Om i % ) p-8, 18 Of good mor4l oharaoter, I8 a oltlsen of the United bt&te8, anA 3U8 at 1W8t gtiUbt8d irO6 & fti8f @ti hi& 8OhOOl 02' h88 & p81-w 8dUC~tlOn *3 lioaoreble Nelson Greenmu, page 3
equivalent thtweta peraittlag asatrlculatlon Lu The UalVer8ity Of TeX88, aad that he h88 attend- ed end gradwted from a reput8ble ualrersity or col1ep.e nf ODtometry end vhlch meet8 with the “A unlverrlty or 8chool of optometry i8 reputable uhoae eatrence requirements rind aourse OS lmtruatlon 8re 88 hi& a8 those adopted by' ( the bmtt8r cb8r of Mloeraitie8 and schools of
optoEe8try md vhow cour80 of lnstructloa 8h811 be the equivalent of not le8a than Sour (4) terms of eight (8) roath8 emh end approved by the Board." (Underacorlag our81 Itthua eppaer8thet under the 0ia law, a person, to be ellg!.ble .teke the optometry exaailrmtton, h8d to be either a graduate of a reputable univer8ity or co&go of optometry, or 88 au alternative to 8uch aollege eduaatloa, he must hews served 8 four year apprentice8hlp la the or- fiCe Of 8R OptoPratFi8t.
The 1945 araendment ellmln8ted the apprentlceahlp slternatlve, but m8de prool8lon for those who, lo. reliance upon aad in accordeace vlth the old lmt, had previously be- gun their apprentlceshlp and gave 8 30 day grace period for those. vho at111 desired to take advantage of the old law. Prorisioa van al.80 meida, en vi11 be hereinafter aotited, to extend the privilege of the Sour year appreatLce8hlp alterr#tive to aertala deslguated group8 vhlch the Leglale- tore doubtlesr felt had been Soroed by their v8r service to delay the beginning or completion of their apprenticeships.
Me here set out Sectloo 1 OS House Blll 187, J&i of the 49th Legislature; and although Article 4557, es amend~ed; *4 is eoatalned ls said bill la the form of one ooaplote para- graph, ra hate for eoarealisaue set out the protrisos ooatafo-
d *herein ia sepsrate psragraphs and hero numbered them 1, 5 f &Lul 4, The MU 2.w aforesaid proridesr
‘Suctloa 1. That Ariiiala 4557, Chapter 10, Title 71 oi the Revised 01~11 8tetutss OS Texae, 1925, 41 amesdad, be am&led so as to read hera- atter 8a. SoUovs: ‘&tlolo
“%vrry per.son desi.~ltrg to pra6tlas optom- etky la the State of Toxad 8hal.l be re@red
pars the omalastlolp. glvet$ by the Teus Mate : Board of lktuslaers ln Optoastr~. . Tha sppllaaat snk0 ipplioatioa, to thd 8eore- shall rutudarrg tar7 of tfu Board, OR forms to be rturulsbed by the Board, satlsf.~otcr~ suoa evidence ha that has ettrlaed tha Ige of tvsatpoae (21) -6~8, Is 0r good moral eksraoter is a cltlsen OS the Wited States, and lx118 at &ret grsdunted froa a first grlde high school, or has pellm.inary wiuaatloa l @lvelent permit Mm to mutrloulats la the Ualvsrslty oi Texm, uid that h4 hat .at- tawled 8od greduated froa .a reputable Uuiverrlty or Oollsgs of Optcssetry whloh msets vith the tee- qufrements of tba Board, rod rush other informa- tloa ss the Board may deea acoesssry for the OQ- So&o01 iorosamt of thf s Aat. A ffeirersity ot Optosmtry IS reputable uhow entraaoe requlre- meiqts aad aourse of fnstruotlon are as high 8s those ado ted by the better elass of Ualrersities snd 8ohoo P 8 of Optometry and whose course of in-.
structlon &all be equlrolrtxt to sot less than gr&y of l l&t aoaths eaoh,, cad approved by tloa iisli$i~%%~ &E~~~l~rZa%i E+ good faith beg&a the study of opt-try aad. so filed lnteatlou with the l’aas (Itate iSoar& or h- s&surs in Optometry undm ths prorlsloas OS Title Chapter 10 of the Revised Olrll Btatutes OS ~8x48, ~925, ~8 68tt3tad, p rg0r th0 l ttwtlve date of this Act.
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2. Any psrsoo. falllog register with the thirty (30 ) d8ys &crst8ry of tbs Board olthla 8ftsr the sifootlve dots of thts Ast under propar rules of ths Board &nd other m&ted trots as the Boerd m&y requlro &all be deemed to hate r.lved @ll rigZIt8 under the prorlslaas ot Tit& 71, Cbptw lo, Artlols k557, Rstlssd 01~11 8t.G 48 f8Whd. UtOS 0s ~fX48, a%, 'Ror1d.d th.t ~7 poreott rho la ood
S. of optomatr~ amd so f llod faith bogan the rtudy hl.aU.a~e’p;lon ulth the 2uas State Baud of h- umler the pr0~18101¶@ of Tltla tmetrf 71, Chapter 0 Retlsed Olvll St8tates of Texas, 8s eaemYedd, prior to #n rfieotln d8te of thlr %’ Act, ml vho h88 beea l oygad la Podera servloe sr 1~ rstlvs duty rlth ths Army of thm United at8te8, the Vniteu 8t8tM Havy, t&e ualted 8t8teS -ted 8t8tSS m8St Gusrd, thS )(uiW OOPpS, th. United States ll4rltlm 3errloe, or the 8t8to JUlltlA eallsd into wrtiab or tmlalng o ed- w8tloa tmdor tlM supervlslbo of the Ualted dtates prsllalaary to Induotlon Iato the rilltary sew- 188~ regl#teS with ths iSt8te Board Of %Aala- th8a br dIsbo&ubls dIwh.rgo, OdW8tiOrA 0th.~ ,$oard Of -a- prlt$ed b tr~aLshe# the 8t8t4l tomdwy r1th afSw6vlt the offoat uork his ~+alshd eta 8s rhorlr by MI, &ad 00113, th.t he bee0 rng&ged lo., so tl’8Loi %& “f or duortlorr &88 been tsr&lMt- 8lad th4t hlr wrv- the N00rd8 OS tha BMrd. rsoa rho dealme
4. Rotlded tb sttir Optgmstrr, 8ad rho
Fob& @@vi00 or l.6 of the Ualted 8tate8,
ti OnitOd 8t8t88 #bFiQS OOFPS, OU#t OIprrd, tiw UIklted 8t8tSS IbrltiPr SOr'tl@O, the at8k IUlti.8 aall& iota wrvleo or tr4la-
l4q 0T edwstloa u&l80 supsrrlsl03 of the un1tQd St8tOS prellmlnary 1oduottos isto ths JtIlltuy servloe shall register ulth ths 8tats lo Optomstr~ rlthla #Ix (6) Board ol EuPriesrs of his U&id W~iOO, months Uter tsm.tMtloo
44 Honorable lklsoo Omomsn, pgs 6
tr8lalmg dss8tIoa, other th&a b7 dlshoaor- able dlsuharga, provided he turalshes the Ststo Bosrd oi ts8Mners lo Optolutry rlth sStI6s~It he hqs born so rqgsged, end efteot th.t th8t hi8 s~rtiss, trslalng or educatloa hrs bua so twmln8trd. ' beturro
tIsctIoa It ~111 be a&ad tb8t pub110 gsnsr8lly rn4 persons oalmg tbr St8tUtS rrkrs dls- ~lthl~ l er klm flrt8d 08tegcrie8, *hIah httrr group ys Ulll fo? oonvealraor deslgMto 88 tha Yar ZkrtIss oroup.
She ilrst tvo prwl8lwr la the bill de&l vita the pub110 gomr8lly. U* ooutrw the first 9cotlso to 8othorIrs a persoa who h88 be ua his 8 prentlceshlp "end so fllsd lntsatlorr Mth” tbs !osra, ?I.+;; :,~~ot~~e& 0r tb WUY m, w0 , #. r80tin de0 bra&it OS th8 4ppreatIoerhlp pM'otl#lOnS of the old 18v,
to the sruood protlso, you 4re ad- Y&S th. l8St d8J iOF regiSt?.8tiOU ,tho seooad proviso quoted Rome The third m6 fourth protlscs ot the LWV law pro- tide SOP 8psrl81 soMldor8tIoo la bsh8lf of the Usv (krvlOr --Pp. repulrrb to register vlth ths kr~ulthla lhi9 ~OvL8IoQs Ia adw reo8Iro to &pproatloe- the beaerlt~of the Ot the Old l&V 111 this groqp I8 rsou SIX months &St- ~IOertiMtlo~ sswloo, tr4Iolng or duo8-’ of hlr Iredrr81 rovlslon 48 memd4tory; Ua aonstfw th e six 8oaths 8114 kold that the Basrd Is oat rut t orlsed 4asrpt 8 8tw be of ths U8r Servlcr Grolrp as l 4 p p r MtIur whoa suq?h per- soa aseke to register 8fteP s8ld'si.x moathr period he u- Plred. U. find mo provlrloa la the Wk5 .wodwat fra rhloh It ry be lnfoz?rod th8t the b@iti8tm?O lntaadsd othorvlss thsn th4t t8r8ia4tloaL0r th, sir maths psriod orrrtas 8~ 8bsoluto dsrdllnsr
b 8#8Ol'dill& UkUtT fOSF thFU 'JWStiOIU 88 fOl- lousr
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1. Eouw Bill l@, k9th kgIsl.tum, booone ei- fectin.June 2, 1945.
2. lor persoas mot lo the War 8srvloe (troup, fiti 4&O fe rOgLStr4tIO~ ~88 July 2, 1955. For persais lrr a8 u8F krtia~ oroup, the flal dSt0 for crglstr8tIoS ia 8~O~ttiMShi~, l 8.t OUt b th8 third 8d fourth PO- tl808, 18 Six aoathr 8fterr temllictloa of thelr F8dor41 trcrlalw e4watIon. aervloe,
3. %h~ 8ir moothr llmIt4tI0a period for pwsoas in the U8r UorTloo Qloap 18 UndBtory 8aA the Board is Mt t0 8MOgt 48 8~Mt~OeS ~Z'SOM .Oplfiw 8<;UiS& St 8 .
Very truly purr . ATTORNlSXO~OFTXAa Asslrtant