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.