H.R. No. 792 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State 1-2 of Texas, That Rule 13, Section 9(a), Rules of the House of 1-3 Representatives, 73rd Legislature, is suspended, as provided by 1-4 House Rule 13, Section 9(f), to the extent described in this 1-5 resolution, to enable the conference committee appointed to adjust 1-6 the differences between the house and senate versions of H.B. 1185, 1-7 relating to purchasing by local governments, to successfully 1-8 conclude the committee's deliberations by authorizing the conferees 1-9 to consider and take action on the following specific matter: 1-10 House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit the 1-11 Committee to insert a new SECTION 17 to read as follows: 1-12 SECTION 17. TEX. REV. CIV. STAT. ANN., art. 3271a, Section 1-13 19(a) is amended to read as follows: 1-14 (a) It is unlawful for this State or for any of its 1-15 political subdivisions, including any county, city, or town, to 1-16 engage in the construction of any public work involving 1-17 professional engineering, where public health, public welfare or 1-18 public safety is involved, unless the engineering plans and 1-19 specifications and estimates have been prepared by, and the 1-20 engineering construction is to be executed under the direct 1-21 supervision of a registered professional engineer. However, 1-22 nothing in this Act shall be held to apply to any public work 1-23 involving structural, electrical, or mechanical engineering wherein 2-1 the contemplated expenditure for the completed project does not 2-2 exceed Eight Thousand ($8,000.00) Dollars. Nothing in this Act 2-3 shall be held to apply to other public work wherein the 2-4 contemplated expenditure for the completed project does not exceed 2-5 Twenty Thousand ($20,000.00) Dollars. 2-6 This action is necessary to clarify that a city need not 2-7 engage the services of a registered professional engineer for a 2-8 project that costs less than $20,000 and does not involve 2-9 structural, mechanical, or electrical engineering. 2-10 structural, mechanical, or electrical engineering. 2-11 McCall 2-12 H.R. No. 792 2-13 _______________________________ 2-14 Speaker of the House 2-15 I certify that H.R. No. 792 was adopted by the House on May 2-16 27, 1993, by a non-record vote. 2-17 _______________________________ 2-18 Chief Clerk of the House