Amend SB 277 as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 2 of the bill (House Committee Printing
page 1, line 18, through page 4, line 1) and substitute the
following:
SECTION 2. Section 1001.057, Occupations Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(c) A person who claims an exemption under this section and
who is determined to have directly or indirectly represented the
person as legally qualified to engage in the practice of
engineering or who is determined to have violated Section 1001.301
may not claim an exemption until the 10th anniversary of the date
the person made that representation or violated that section.
(d) This section does not prohibit:
(1) an engineer who intends to incorporate
manufactured products into a fixed work, system, or facility that
is being designed by the engineer from requiring the manufacturer
to have the plans or specifications for the products signed and
sealed by an engineer; or
(2) the board from requiring by rule that certain
manufactured products delivered to or used by the public be
designed by an engineer and that the plans or specifications for the
products be signed and sealed by an engineer.
(2) In SECTION 13 of the bill, in amended Section
1001.204(a)(7), Occupations Code (House Committee Printing page
12, line 5), strike "and".
(3) In SECTION 13 of the bill, in amended Section
1001.204(a)(8), Occupations Code , between "firm" and the
underlined period (House Committee Printing page 12, line 6),
insert the following:
"; and
(9) inactive status fee"
(4) Between SECTIONS 13 and 14 of the bill (House Committee
Printing page 12, between lines 6 and 7), insert the following
SECTION, appropriately numbered:
SECTION _____. Section 1001.206(c), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(c) The fee increase imposed by Subsection (a) does not apply
to an engineer who:
(1) meets the qualifications for an exemption under
Section 1001.057 or 1001.058 but does not claim that exemption;
[or]
(2) is disabled as described by Section 1001.205; or
(3) is on inactive status as provided by Section
1001.355.
(5) In the recital to SECTION 15 of the bill (House Committee
Printing page 13, line 20), strike "1001.214, 1001.215, and
1001.216" and substitute "1001.214 and 1001.215".
(6) In SECTION 15 of the bill (House Committee Printing page
15, line 4, through page 16, line 17), strike proposed Section
1001.216, Occupations Code.
(7) In the recital to SECTION 25 of the bill (House Committee
Printing page 28, line 21), strike "Section 1001.354" and
substitute "Sections 1001.354 and 1001.355".
(8) At the end of SECTION 25 of the bill, following proposed
Section 1001.354, Occupations Code (House Committee Printing page
29, following line 1), add the following:
Sec. 1001.355. INACTIVE STATUS. (a) An engineer may request
inactive status at any time before the expiration date of the
person's license. A license holder on inactive status may not
practice engineering.
(b) A license holder on inactive status must pay an annual
fee set by the board.
(c) A license holder on inactive status is not required to:
(1) comply with the continuing education requirements
adopted by the board; or
(2) take an examination for reinstatement to active
status.
(d) To return to active status, a license holder on inactive
status must:
(1) file with the board a written notice requesting
reinstatement to active status;
(2) pay the fee for the annual renewal of the license
and the fee increase required by Section 1001.206; and
(3) provide evidence satisfactory to the board that the
person has complied with the continuing education requirements
adopted by the board.
(9) Between SECTIONS 28 and 29 of the bill (House Committee
Printing page 31, between lines 9 and 10), insert the following
SECTIONS, appropriately numbered:
SECTION _____. Section 2, Self-Directed Semi-Independent
Agency Project Act (Article 8930, Revised Statutes), is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 2. AGENCY PARTICIPATION. The Texas Board of
Professional Engineers as a part of the following agencies shall be
continued as an agency that is part of the pilot project [created by
this Act]:
(1) the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy;
(2) the Texas Board of Professional Engineers; and
(3) the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners.
SECTION _____. Section 4(c), Self-Directed Semi-Independent
Agency Project Act (Article 8930, Revised Statutes), is amended to
read as follows:
(c) This Act is subject to Chapter 325, Government Code
(Texas Sunset Act). Unless continued in existence as provided by
that chapter, this Act expires September 1, 2009 [2003].
SECTION _____. Section 6(c), Self-Directed Semi-Independent
Agency Project Act (Article 8930, Revised Statutes), is amended to
read as follows:
(c) The Texas State Board of Public Accountancy shall
annually remit $500,000 to the general revenue fund, the Texas
Board of Professional Engineers shall annually remit $373,900
[$50,000] to the general revenue fund, and the Texas Board of
Architectural Examiners shall annually remit $700,000 to the
general revenue fund.
SECTION _____. Section 15(b), Self-Directed
Semi-Independent Agency Project Act (Article 8930, Revised
Statutes), is amended to read as follows:
(b) If a state agency no longer has status under this Act as a
self-directed semi-independent project agency either because of
the expiration of this Act or for any other reason, ownership of any
property or other asset acquired by the agency during the time the
agency participated in the pilot project, including unexpended and
unobligated money [fees] in a deposit account in the Texas Treasury
Safekeeping Trust Company, shall be transferred to the state.
SECTION _____. (a) On the effective date of this Act, the
Texas State Board of Public Accountancy and the Texas Board of
Architectural Examiners are no longer self-directed
semi-independent project agencies under the Self-Directed
Semi-Independent Agency Project Act (Article 8930, Revised
Statutes).
(b) The change in law made by this Act does not affect the
obligation of the Texas State Board of Public Accountancy and the
Texas Board of Architectural Examiners to remit money to the
general revenue fund for the state fiscal year ending August 31,
2003, under Section 6(c), Self-Directed Semi-Independent Agency
Project Act (Article 8930, Revised Statutes), as that law existed
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(10) Renumber the existing SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.