Amend SB 1340, in SECTION 1 of the bill, by striking amended 
Subsection (c), Section 1071.253, Occupations Code (committee 
printing page 1, lines 13 through 19), and substituting the 
following:
	(c)  The board shall issue a surveyor-in-training 
certificate to an applicant who passes the applicable parts of the 
examination taken under Subsection (b).  The certificate is valid 
for eight years [until the earlier of:
		[(1)  the sixth anniversary of the date of issuance;  or     
		[(2)  the date the certificate holder becomes 
registered as a registered professional land surveyor].