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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation and practice of engineering. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1001.056, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The exemption provided by this section does not apply to |
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a person or entity that is: |
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(1) providing inspection services necessary to comply |
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with windstorm certification standards for a residential dwelling |
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under Subchapter F, Chapter 2210, Insurance Code; or |
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(2) constructing, enlarging, altering, or repairing, |
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or drawing plans or specifications for, a residential dwelling slab |
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located on expansive soil that meets the expansive soil |
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classification provisions of the International Residential Code as |
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applied in the jurisdiction in which the residential dwelling is |
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located, unless the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, |
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or drawing of plans or specifications meets the International |
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Residential Code requirements as applied in the jurisdiction in |
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which the residential dwelling is located. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1001, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1001.067 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.067. CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES. This |
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chapter does not prohibit the professional use of the term "fire |
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engineer" by a member of a fire department in a municipality with a |
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population of one million or more that has adopted Chapter 143, |
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Local Government Code, and to which Subchapter G of that chapter |
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does not generally apply, who: |
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(1) holds the position of fire apparatus operator; and |
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(2) is not otherwise engaged in the practice of |
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engineering. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1001.401, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A license holder shall not be required to provide or |
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hold any additional certification, other than a license issued |
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under this chapter, to seal a plan, specification, plat, or report. |
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SECTION 4. 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. |