By Farrar H.B. No. 1140
77R5056 MXM-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the procurement by a governmental entity of
1-3 professional interior design services.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, is amended
1-6 to read as follows:
1-7 (2) "Professional services" means services:
1-8 (A) within the scope of the practice, as defined
1-9 by state law, of:
1-10 (i) accounting;
1-11 (ii) architecture;
1-12 (iii) interior design;
1-13 (iv) landscape architecture;
1-14 (v) [(iv)] land surveying;
1-15 (vi) [(v)] medicine;
1-16 (vii) [(vi)] optometry;
1-17 (viii) [(vii)] professional engineering;
1-18 (ix) [(viii)] real estate appraising; or
1-19 (x) [(ix)] professional nursing; or
1-20 (B) provided in connection with the professional
1-21 employment or practice of a person who is licensed or registered
1-22 as:
1-23 (i) a certified public accountant;
1-24 (ii) an architect;
2-1 (iii) an interior designer;
2-2 (iv) a landscape architect;
2-3 (v) [(iv)] a land surveyor;
2-4 (vi) [(v)] a physician, including a
2-5 surgeon;
2-6 (vii) [(vi)] an optometrist;
2-7 (viii) [(vii)] a professional engineer;
2-8 (ix) [(viii)] a state certified or state
2-9 licensed real estate appraiser; or
2-10 (x) [(ix)] a registered nurse.
2-11 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001. The
2-12 change in law made by this Act applies only in relation to a
2-13 contract entered into on or after October 1, 2001.