Amend HB 1248, section 2.03, amending sections 7(d)-(h), Chapter 457, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article 249c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 7(j): (j) A registered landscape architect, 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 landscape architecture, shall be exempt from the continuing education requirements of this Article.