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78R6807 MXM-D

By:  Geren                                                        H.B. No. 1526



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the registration requirements for certain retired or 
part-time 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)  does not engage in the practice of architecture 
full-time.      
	(c)  A person whose certificate of registration is on 
emeritus status:
		(1)  may not engage in the practice  of architecture 
full-time; and  
		(2)  must pay a renewal fee not to exceed $50 on a date 
and in a manner prescribed by board rule.
	(d)  The board by rule may:                                             
		(1)  define what constitutes full-time practice; and                   
		(2)  restrict the professional activities that may be 
performed by a person whose certificate of registration is on 
emeritus status.
	(e)  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.
	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.