SRC-MWN C.S.S.B. 584 77(R)BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research CenterC.S.S.B. 584
77R8325 SMH-FBy: Carona
Business & Commerce
3/7/2001
Committee Report (Substituted)


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act provides that
persons who fail the examination for licensure as a Registered Professional
Land Surveyor (RPLS) are required to wait six months before they are
authorized to retake the exam. C.S.S.B. 584 eliminates the six-month
waiting period for retaking the examination for licensure as a RPLS. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a
state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 16(e), Professional Land Surveying Practices Act
(Article 5282c, V.T.C.S.), to provide that an applicant who fails an
examination may apply to take a subsequent examination by filing an updated
application and paying an additional examination fee not to exceed $100.
Deletes language specifying that an applicant who fails an examination may
apply to take a subsequent examination not earlier than six months from the
date of the failed examination. 

SECTION 2. Provides that the change in law made by this Act to Section
16(e), Professional Land Surveying Practices Act (Article 5282c, V.T.C.S.),
applies to a person who fails an examination before, on, or after the
effective date of this Act.  

SECTION 3. Effective date: upon passage or September 1, 2001.  

SUMMARY OF COMMITTEE CHANGES

SECTION 2. Amends As Filed S.B. 584, Professional Land Surveying Practices
Act (Article 5282c, V.T.C.S.), as follows: 

 _Deletes previously proposed SECTION 2 pertaining to requiring the Texas
Board of Professional Land Surveying to expunge the complaint of a
registrant or licensee from the records of the board. 

 _Redesignates proposed SECTION 3 as SECTION 2 and deletes previously
proposed text pertaining to changes in law applying to Section 24,
Professional Land Surveying Practices Act (Article 5282c, V.T.C.S.) with
regard to a complaint filed before, on, or after the effective date of this
Act.  

SECTION 3. Redesignated from SECTION 4.