Amend CSSB 697 as follows:
      (1)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Subsection (f),
Section 13, The Texas Engineering Practice Act (Article 3271a,
Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) (House Committee Printing page 2,
lines 24-26), and substitute the following:
      (f)  A sole proprietorship is exempt from the registration
fee assessed under Subsection (b) of this section for an
engineering firm.
      (2)  Strike SECTION 6 of the bill (House Committee Printing
page 4, line 14) and substitute the following:
      SECTION 1. (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001,
except that Subsection (f), Section 13, The Texas Engineering
Practice Act (Article 3271a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), as
added by this Act, takes effect immediately if this Act receives a
vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, that
subsection takes effect September 1, 2001.
      (b)  The change in law made by Subsection (f), Section 13,
The Texas Engineering Practice Act (Article 3271a, Vernon's Texas
Civil Statutes), as added by this Act, does not affect liability
for a fee accruing before the effective date of this Act.  That
liability continues in effect as if this Act had not been enacted,
and the former law is continued in effect for the collection of the
fee due and for any enforcement of the liability for that fee.