H.B. No. 2289
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the registration without examination of certain
1-3 interior designers.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 249e, Revised Statutes, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 11. REGISTRATION WITHOUT EXAMINATION. (a) A person
1-8 who has practiced interior design for at least six years before
1-9 September, 1991, is entitled to registration without examination if
1-10 the person complies with all other requirements for registration
1-11 under this article before September 1, 1994 <1992>.
1-12 (b) For the purposes of this section, a person is considered
1-13 to have practiced interior design if the person, independently or
1-14 in the course of regular employment, performed or offered to
1-15 perform interior design services or taught interior design at an
1-16 institution of higher education in an accredited degree program in
1-17 interior design recognized by the board. Any combination of
1-18 periods spent offering interior design services or teaching
1-19 totaling at least six years satisfies the requirement of this
1-20 section.
1-21 (c) A person who applies for registration before September
1-22 1, 1994 <1992>, is eligible for registration without examination on
1-23 the completion of six years of practice as an interior designer if
2-1 that person was practicing interior design before September 1,
2-2 1991, and if the person meets all other requirements for
2-3 registration under this article.
2-4 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-5 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-10 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-11 passage, and it is so enacted.