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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirement to hold a certificate of registration |
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as a landscape architect. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1052.151, Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1052.151. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. (a) A person may not |
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engage in the practice of landscape architecture unless the person: |
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(1) holds a certificate of registration under this |
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chapter; or |
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(2) is authorized under Section 1052.003 to engage in |
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the practice of landscape architecture without holding a |
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certificate of registration. |
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(b) A person may not represent the person to be a landscape |
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architect or use the term "landscape architect," "landscape |
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architectural," or "landscape architecture" or any similar term to |
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describe the person's services unless the person holds a |
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certificate of registration [or is exempt from registration] under |
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this chapter. |
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(c) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a business entity may |
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engage in the practice of landscape architecture without holding a |
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certificate of registration under this chapter if: |
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(1) the entity is authorized under Section 1052.003 to |
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engage in the practice of landscape architecture without holding a |
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certificate of registration; or |
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(2) any landscape architecture performed on behalf of |
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the entity is performed by or under the supervision and control of a |
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person who: |
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(A) holds a certificate of registration under |
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this chapter; and |
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(B) is a regular, full-time employee of the |
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entity. |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (b), a business entity may |
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use the term "landscape architect," "landscape architectural," or |
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"landscape architecture" or any similar term to describe the entity |
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or the services provided by the entity without holding a |
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certificate of registration under this chapter if any practice of |
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landscape architecture performed on behalf of the entity is |
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performed by or under the supervision and control of a person who: |
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(1) holds a certificate of registration under this |
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chapter; and |
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(2) is a regular, full-time employee of the business. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |