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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain professional titles by interior |
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designers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1053.002(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This chapter does not apply to: |
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(1) a person who: |
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(A) does not use the title "interior designer" |
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and does not use the term "interior design" to describe a service |
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the person offers or performs; and |
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(B) is an interior designer licensed or |
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registered in another state or country who: |
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(i) does not open or maintain a business in |
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this state; and |
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(ii) complies with the requirements of |
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Subsection (b); [or] |
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(2) a person who is registered to practice |
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architecture in this state; or |
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(3) a person who does not use a business or |
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professional title that uses the phrase "registered interior |
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designer." |
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SECTION 2. Section 1053.151, Occupations Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1053.151. REGISTRATION REQUIRED. A person other than |
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an interior designer may not[:
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[(1)] represent that the person is a "registered [an
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"] interior designer" by using that title or by using words that |
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imply that the person is a registered interior designer [; or
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[(2)
represent, by using the term "interior design," a
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service the person offers or performs]. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |