By:  Carona                                            S.B. No. 584
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the frequency with which a person may take an
 1-3     examination administered by the Texas Board of Professional Land
 1-4     Surveying.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1.  Subsection (e), Section 16, Professional Land
 1-7     Surveying Practices Act (Article 5282c, Vernon's Texas Civil
 1-8     Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
 1-9           (e)  An applicant who fails an examination may apply to take
1-10     a subsequent examination [not earlier than six months from the date
1-11     of the failed examination] by filing an updated application and
1-12     paying an additional examination fee not to exceed $100.
1-13           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Subsection
1-14     (e), Section 16, Professional Land Surveying Practices Act (Article
1-15     5282c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), applies to a person who
1-16     fails an examination before, on, or after the effective date of
1-17     this Act.
1-18           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-19     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.