Amend SB 484 on third reading as follows:
      (1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the introductory language,
between "(d)," and "(n)" (house committee printing page 1, line 8),
insert "(k),".
      (2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section 5, Article
9102, Revised Statutes, between Subsections (d) and (n) (house
committee printing page 1, between lines 15 and 16), insert the
following:
      (k) Plans and specifications that are subject to Subsection
(j) of this section <related to the building or facility> shall be
submitted to the department by the architect, interior designer,
landscape architect, or engineer who has overall responsibility for
the design of the constructed or reconstructed building or
facility.  The architect, interior designer, landscape architect,
or engineer shall submit the plans and specifications to the
department not later than the fifth day, not including Saturdays,
Sundays, and legal holidays, after the date on which the architect,
interior designer, landscape architect, or engineer, as
appropriate, issues the plans or specifications.  If plans and
specifications are issued on more than date, the architect,
interior designer, landscape architect, or engineer shall submit
the plans and specifications to the department not later than the
fifth day, not including Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays,
after each date the plans and specifications are issued.  The owner
of the building or facility may not allow an application to be
filed with a local governmental entity for a building construction
permit related to the plans and specifications or allow
construction, renovation, modification, or alteration of the
building or facility to begin before the date the plans and
specifications are submitted to the department <places the
applicable professional seal on the plans and specifications.  If
there is no architect, interior designer, landscape architect, or
engineer with that responsibility, the owner shall submit the plans
and specifications to the department at least 30 days within the
date the construction or renovation, modification, or alteration on
the building or facility begins>.  On application to a local
governmental entity for a building construction permit related to
the plans and specifications, the owner shall submit to the entity
proof that the plans and specifications have been submitted to the
department under this article.  A public official of a political
subdivision who is legally authorized to issue  building
construction permits may not accept an application for a building
construction permit for a building or facility subject to
Subsection (j) of this section unless the official verifies that
the building or facility has been registered with the department as
provided by rule.