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AN ACT
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relating to continuing professional education requirements for |
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land surveyors. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1071.305(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) As a condition for renewal of a certificate of |
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registration, the board shall require a registered professional |
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land surveyor to successfully complete continuing professional |
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education courses as prescribed by board rule. The board's rules |
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must provide that the continuing professional education |
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requirement may be met by completing annually not more than 16 |
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[eight] hours[, a calendar day,] of professional development |
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courses or programs. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act to |
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Section 1071.305, Occupations Code, applies only to a certificate |
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of registration under Chapter 1071, Occupations Code, that expires |
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on or after January 1, 2010. A certificate of registration that |
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expires before January 1, 2010, is covered by the law in effect |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) The Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying shall |
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adopt rules under Section 1071.305, Occupations Code, as amended by |
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this Act, not later than November 1, 2009. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3114 was passed by the House on April |
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22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 5, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3114 on May 29, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3114 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |