1-1     By:  Carona                                            S.B. No. 584
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 7, 2001; February 8, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce;
 1-4     March 8, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 8, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 584                   By:  Sibley
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to the frequency with which a person may take an
1-11     examination administered by the Texas Board of Professional Land
1-12     Surveying.
1-13           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14           SECTION 1.  Subsection (e), Section 16, Professional Land
1-15     Surveying Practices Act (Article 5282c, Vernon's Texas Civil
1-16     Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
1-17           (e)  An applicant who fails an examination may apply to take
1-18     a subsequent examination [not earlier than six months from the date
1-19     of the failed examination] by filing an updated application and
1-20     paying an additional examination fee not to exceed $100.
1-21           SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act to Subsection
1-22     (e), Section 16, Professional Land Surveying Practices Act (Article
1-23     5282c, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), applies to a person who
1-24     fails an examination before, on, or after the effective date of
1-25     this Act.
1-26           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-27     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-28     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-29     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-30     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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