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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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) interior design; |
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(iv) landscape architecture; |
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(v) [(iv)] land surveying; |
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(vi) [(v)] medicine; |
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(vii) [(vi)] optometry; |
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(viii) [(vii)] professional engineering; |
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(ix) [(viii)] real estate appraising; or |
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(x) [(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) an interior designer; |
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(iv) a landscape architect; |
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(v) [(iv)] a land surveyor; |
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(vi) [(v)] a physician, including a |
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surgeon; |
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(vii) [(vi)] an optometrist; |
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(viii) [(vii)] a professional engineer; |
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(ix) [(viii)] a state certified or state |
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licensed real estate appraiser; or |
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(x) [(ix)] a registered nurse. |
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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. |