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