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House Bill 1717 |
House Author: Price |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
Senate Sponsor: Nichols |
House Bill 1717 amends the Occupations Code to continue the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners until September 1, 2025. The bill sets out provisions relating to a criminal history record information requirement for a certificate of registration issued by the board and for renewal of such a certificate of registration.
House Bill 1717 repeals a statutory provision relating to registration without examination for certain interior designer registration applicants and prohibits a registered interior designer who was registered under such provisions from renewing the certificate on or after September 1, 2017, unless, before that date, the person has passed the registration examination adopted by the board.
Previous law authorized the board to assess an administrative penalty of up to $5,000, and House Bill 1717 authorizes the board to assess this penalty per violation for each day the violation occurs. The bill makes the $200 fee increase for the issuance of a certificate of registration, which was previously applied only to an applicant possessing a license or certificate to practice architecture in another state, now applicable to the issuance of certificates in general by the board.