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House Bill 2060 |
House Author: Geren |
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Effective: 9-1-07 |
Senate Sponsor: Estes |
House Bill 2060 amends provisions of the Occupations Code relating to the regulation of architects, landscape architects, and interior designers. The bill modifies provisions relating to membership of the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners and requires the board to administer or provide for the administration of an annual examination for a certificate of registration as a landscape architect. The bill repeals provisions that required the board's executive director or a designee to inform board employees about the state employee incentive program and authorized the board to recommend rehabilitation codes and provisions to municipalities.
House Bill 2060 extends from one year to two years the period within which an architect, landscape architect, or interior designer whose certificate of registration has expired may apply for a renewal of the certificate and allows a business entity under certain circumstances to engage in the practice of landscape architecture without holding a certificate of registration. The bill authorizes an architect whose certificate of registration is on emeritus status to engage in certain architectural practices that were previously prohibited. The bill requires the board to establish procedures by which a landscape architect or interior designer may place a certificate of registration on emeritus status and sets out eligibility standards, fees, authorized practices, and other requirements relating to that status.