Amend HB 1248, section 1.12, amending sections 12(c)-(h), Chapter 478, Acts of the 45th Legislature, Regular Session, 1937 (Article 249a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is amended by adding Section 12(j): (j) A registered 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 architecture, shall be exempt from the continuing education requirements of this Article.