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                                                                  H.B. No. 1526




AN ACT

relating to the registration requirements for certain retired 
architects.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter H, Chapter 1051, Occupations Code, is 
amended by adding Section 1051.357 to read as follows:
	Sec. 1051.357.  EMERITUS STATUS.  (a)  The board by rule 
shall establish a procedure by which an architect may place the 
person's certificate of registration on emeritus status.  The 
person must apply for emeritus status, on a form prescribed by the 
board, before the person's certificate of registration expires.
	(b)  An architect is eligible for emeritus status if the 
architect:   
		(1)  has been an architect for 20 years or more; and                   
		(2)  is 65 years of age or older.                                      
	(c)  A person whose certificate of registration is on 
emeritus status:
		(1)  may not engage in the practice  of architecture 
except for the preparation of plans and specifications described by 
Section 1051.056(a)(3) or (4);
		(2)  may use the title "Emeritus Architect" or 
"Architect Emeritus"; 
		(3)  must pay a renewal fee on a date and in a manner 
prescribed by board rule; and
		(4)  is exempt from continuing education requirements 
under this chapter.
	(d)  The board shall remove a person's certificate of 
registration from emeritus status if the person:
		(1)  requests in writing that the board remove the 
person's certificate of registration from emeritus status;
		(2)  pays an administrative fee; and                                   
		(3)  complies with education or other requirements 
established by board rule.
	(e)  The renewal fee charged under Subsection (c) may not 
exceed an amount reasonable and necessary to recover the costs to 
administer this section.
	SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2004, the Texas Board 
of Architectural Examiners shall adopt the rules and set the fees 
required by Section 1051.357, Occupations Code, as added by this 
Act.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.




______________________________              ______________________________
 
   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1526 was passed by the House on April 
25, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not 
voting.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1526 was passed by the Senate on May 
27, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



APPROVED:  _____________________                                            
 
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                 Governor