Amend CSSB 697, house committee printing, as follows: (1) Insert a new SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, between lines 4 and 5), to read as follows: SECTION 1. Subdivision (4), Section 2, The Texas Engineering Practice Act (Article 3271a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) is amended to read as follows: (4) "Practice of engineering," or "practice of professional engineering" shall mean any service or creative work, either public or private, the adequate performance of which requires engineering education, training and experience in the application of special knowledge or judgment of the mathematical, physical, or engineering sciences to such services or creative work. To the extent the following services or types of creative work meet this definition, the term includes consultation, investigation, evaluation, analysis, planning, engineering for program management, providing an expert engineering opinion or testimony, engineering for testing or evaluating materials for construction and other engineering uses, performing technical research on projects fully or partially underwritten by a non-public entity, and mapping; design, conceptual design, or conceptual design coordination of engineering works and systems; development or optimization of plans and specifications for engineering works and systems; planning the use or alteration of land and water or the design or analysis of works or systems for the use or alteration of land and water; teaching advanced engineering subjects; performing engineering surveys and studies; engineering for construction, alteration, or repair of real property; engineering for preparation of operating and maintenance manuals; and engineering for review of the construction or installation of engineered works to monitor compliance with drawings and specifications. The activities included in the practice of engineering include services, designs, analyses, or other work performed for a public or private entity in connection with utilities, structures, buildings, machines, equipment, processes, systems, works, projects, and industrial or consumer products or equipment of a mechanical, electrical, electronic, chemical, hydraulic, pneumatic, geotechnical, or thermal nature and include other professional services necessary for the planning, progress, and completion of any engineering service. In this subdivision: (A) "Design coordination" includes the review and coordination of technical submissions prepared by others, including the work of other professionals working with or under the direction of an engineer with due professional regard for the abilities of all professional parties involved in a multidisciplinary effort. (B) "Engineering surveys" includes all survey activities required to support the sound conception, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of an engineered project, but does not include the surveying of real property and other activities regulated under the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act (Article 5282c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes). (2) Renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill appropriately.