By:  McReynolds                                                   H.B. No. 2081



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an exemption from The Texas Engineering Practice Act 
for certain public works.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1001.053, Occupations Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 1001.053.  PUBLIC WORKS.  The following work is exempt 
from this chapter:
		(1)  a public work that involves [structural,] 
electrical[,] or mechanical engineering, if the contemplated 
expense for the completed project is $8,000 or less;
		(2)  a public work that does not involve [structural,] 
electrical[,] or mechanical engineering, if the contemplated 
expense for the completed project is $20,000 or less; or
		(3)  road maintenance or improvement undertaken by the 
commissioners court of a county.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect June 1, 2003, 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 effect on that 
date, this Act takes effect September 1, 2003.