Amend CSHB 899 (Senate committee printing) by adding the 
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and 
renumbering existing SECTIONS accordingly:
	SECTION ___.  Section 1001.003(c), Occupations Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(c)  The practice of engineering includes:                                     
		(1)  consultation, investigation, evaluation, 
analysis, planning, engineering for program management, providing 
an expert engineering opinion or testimony, engineering for testing 
or evaluating materials for construction or other engineering use, 
and mapping;
		(2)  design, conceptual design, or [conceptual] design 
coordination of engineering works or systems, including buildings 
and related structures;
		(3)  development or optimization of plans and 
specifications for engineering works or systems;
		(4)  planning the use or alteration of land or water or 
the design or analysis of works or systems for the use or alteration 
of land or water;
		(5)  responsible charge of engineering teaching or the 
teaching of engineering;
		(6)  performing an engineering survey or study;                               
		(7)  engineering for construction, alteration, or 
repair of real property;  
		(8)  engineering for preparation of an operating or 
maintenance manual;     
		(9)  engineering for review of the construction or 
installation of engineered works to monitor compliance with 
drawings or specifications;
		(10)  a service, design, analysis, or other work 
performed for a public or private entity in connection with a 
utility, structure, building, machine, equipment, process, system, 
work, project, or industrial or consumer product or equipment of a 
mechanical, electrical, electronic, chemical, hydraulic, 
pneumatic, geotechnical, or thermal nature;
		(11)  providing an engineering opinion or analysis 
related to a certificate of merit under Chapter 150, Civil Practice 
and Remedies Code;  or
		(12)  any other professional service necessary for the 
planning, progress, or completion of an engineering service.