By: Estes S.B. No. 1340

(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2007; March 19, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Business and Commerce; March 28, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; March 28, 2007, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the requirements for a surveyor-in-training certificate.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 1071.253, Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows:

(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 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.

SECTION 2. Section 1071.305, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:

(d) As a condition for retaining a surveyor-in-training certificate, the board shall require the certificate holder to successfully complete continuing professional education courses as prescribed by board rule. The certificate holder shall maintain records relating to the person's professional education activities. The records are subject to audit by the board as a condition for retaining the certificate.

SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act by the amendment of Sections 1071.253 and 1071.305, Occupations Code, apply to a person who holds a surveyor-in-training certificate under Chapter 1071, Occupations Code, on the effective date of this Act or is issued a certificate on or after that date.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2007.

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