1-1 By: Gallegos (Senate Sponsor - Henderson) H.B. No. 2289
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 1993;
1-3 April 27, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on State
1-4 Affairs; May 5, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote:
1-5 Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 5, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Harris of Dallas x
1-9 Rosson x
1-10 Carriker x
1-11 Henderson x
1-12 Leedom x
1-13 Lucio x
1-14 Luna x
1-15 Nelson x
1-16 Patterson x
1-17 Shelley x
1-18 Sibley x
1-19 West x
1-20 Whitmire x
1-21 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-22 AN ACT
1-23 relating to the registration without examination of certain
1-24 interior designers.
1-25 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-26 SECTION 1. Section 11, Article 249e, Revised Statutes, is
1-27 amended to read as follows:
1-28 Sec. 11. REGISTRATION WITHOUT EXAMINATION. (a) A person
1-29 who has practiced interior design for at least six years before
1-30 September, 1991, is entitled to registration without examination if
1-31 the person complies with all other requirements for registration
1-32 under this article before September 1, 1994 <1992>.
1-33 (b) For the purposes of this section, a person is considered
1-34 to have practiced interior design if the person, independently or
1-35 in the course of regular employment, performed or offered to
1-36 perform interior design services or taught interior design at an
1-37 institution of higher education in an accredited degree program in
1-38 interior design recognized by the board. Any combination of
1-39 periods spent offering interior design services or teaching
1-40 totaling at least six years satisfies the requirement of this
1-41 section.
1-42 (c) A person who applies for registration before September
1-43 1, 1994 <1992>, is eligible for registration without examination on
1-44 the completion of six years of practice as an interior designer if
1-45 that person was practicing interior design before September 1,
1-46 1991, and if the person meets all other requirements for
1-47 registration under this article.
1-48 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-49 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-50 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-51 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-52 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-53 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-54 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-55 passage, and it is so enacted.
1-56 * * * * *
1-57 Austin,
1-58 Texas
1-59 May 5, 1993
1-60 Hon. Bob Bullock
1-61 President of the Senate
1-62 Sir:
1-63 We, your Committee on State Affairs to which was referred H.B.
1-64 No. 2289, have had the same under consideration, and I am
1-65 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation
1-66 that it do pass and be printed.
1-67 Harris of
1-68 Dallas, Chairman
2-1 * * * * *
2-2 WITNESSES
2-3 No witnesses appeared on H.B. No. 2289.