Amend CSHB 1573 by striking all below the enacting clause and
substitute the following:
SECTION 1: Section 1051.001 (7), Occupations Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(7) "Practice of architecture" means a service or creative
work [that involves the application of] applying the art and
science of developing design concepts, planning for functional
relationships and intended uses, and establishing the form,
appearance, aesthetics, and construction details for the
construction, enlargement, or alteration of a building or environs
intended for human use or occupancy, the proper application of
which requires education, training, and experience in those
matters. The term includes:
(A) establishing and documenting the form, aesthetics,
materials, and construction technology for a building, group of
buildings or environs intended to be constructed or altered;
(B) preparing, or supervising and controlling the
preparation of, the architectural plans and specifications that
include all integrated building systems and construction details,
unless otherwise permitted under 1051.606 (a) (4);
(C) observing the construction, modification, or
alteration of work to evaluate conformance with architectural plans
and specifications described in (B) for any building, group of
buildings or environs requiring an architect;
(D) programming for construction projects, including
identification of economic, legal, and natural constraints and
determination of the scope and spatial relationship of functional
elements;
(E) recommending and overseeing appropriate
construction project delivery systems;
(F) consulting, investigating, and analyzing the
design, form, aesthetics, materials and construction technology
used for the construction, enlargement or alteration of a building
or environs, and providing expert opinion and testimony as
necessary;
(G) research to expand the knowledge base of the
profession of architecture, including publishing or presenting
findings in professional forums; and
(H) teaching, administering, and developing
pedagogical theory in academic settings offering architectural
education.
SECTION 2. Section 150.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 150.001. DEFINITIONS [DEFINITION]. In this chapter:
(1) "Design [, "design] professional" means a licensed
[registered] architect or licensed professional engineer.
(2) "Practice of architecture" has the meaning
assigned by Section 1051.001, Occupations Code.
SECTION 3. Section 1051.701, Occupations Code is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 1051.701. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. (a) A person may not
engage in the practice of architecture, or offer or attempt to
engage in the practice of architecture, as defined in 1051.001 (7)
(A) (B) or (C) unless the person is registered as an architect under
this chapter.
SECTION 4. Section 2 of this Act applies only to a cause of
action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. An
action that accrued before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law applicable to the action immediately before the
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.