By Pickett                                             H.B. No. 144
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to land surveyor licensing, certification, or
 1-3     registration.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 16(e), Professional Land Surveying
 1-6     Practices Act (Article 5282c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), is
 1-7     amended to read as follows:
 1-8           (e)  An applicant who fails an examination may apply to take
 1-9     a subsequent examination [not earlier than six months from the date
1-10     of the failed examination] by filing an updated application and
1-11     paying an additional examination fee not to exceed $100.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately.