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AN ACT
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relating to the procurement of interior design services by a |
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governmental entity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(2) "Professional services" means services: |
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(A) within the scope of the practice, as defined |
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by state law, of: |
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(i) accounting; |
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(ii) architecture; |
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(iii) landscape architecture; |
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(iv) land surveying; |
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(v) medicine; |
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(vi) optometry; |
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(vii) professional engineering; |
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(viii) real estate appraising; or |
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(ix) professional nursing; [or] |
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(B) provided in connection with the professional |
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employment or practice of a person who is licensed or registered as: |
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(i) a certified public accountant; |
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(ii) an architect; |
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(iii) a landscape architect; |
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(iv) a land surveyor; |
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(v) a physician, including a surgeon; |
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(vi) an optometrist; |
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(vii) a professional engineer; |
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(viii) a state certified or state licensed |
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real estate appraiser; or |
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(ix) a registered nurse; or |
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(C) provided by a person lawfully engaged in |
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interior design, regardless of whether the person is registered as |
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an interior designer under Chapter 1053, Occupations Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after |
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October 1, 2019. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2868 was passed by the House on April |
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17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 7, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2868 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 25, Nays 6. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |