By: West  S.B. No. 1932
         (In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2017; March 27, 2017, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce;
  April 24, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
  Nays 0; April 24, 2017, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to eligibility requirements for registration as an
  interior designer.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1053.155, Occupations Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 1053.155.  APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO EXAMINATION.  
  (a)  An applicant for a certificate of registration must apply to
  the board, on a form prescribed by the board, for admission to the
  registration examination.
         (b)  An application for admission to the registration
  examination must be accompanied by evidence satisfactory to the
  board that the applicant:
               (1)  has satisfied the educational and experience
  eligibility requirements for taking the examination of the National
  Council for Interior Design Qualification or a comparable
  examination [graduated from an interior design educational program
  recognized and approved by the board]; and
               (2)  has professional experience in the field of
  interior design.
         (c)  The board shall adopt rules establishing standards for:
               (1)  the recognition and approval of interior design
  educational programs; and
               (2)  the amounts and types of professional experience
  necessary for registration examination eligibility.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
 
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