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.