Amend HB 1248, section 3.04, amending sections 14(b), (c) and (e), Article 249e, Revised Statutes, is amended by adding Section 5(j): (j) A registered interior designer, as herein defined, who is, as of September 1, 1999, a full-time faculty member or other permanent employee of an institution of higher education, as defined in Education Code, section 61.003, and who in such position, is engaged in teaching interior design, shall be exempt from the continuing education requirements of this Article.