86R4659 SRA-F
 
  By: West S.B. No. 922
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the procurement of interior design services by a
  governmental entity.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (2)  "Professional services" means services:
                     (A)  within the scope of the practice, as defined
  by state law, of:
                           (i)  accounting;
                           (ii)  architecture;
                           (iii)  interior design;
                           (iv)  landscape architecture;
                           (v) [(iv)]  land surveying;
                           (vi) [(v)]  medicine;
                           (vii) [(vi)]  optometry;
                           (viii) [(vii)]  professional engineering;
                           (ix) [(viii)]  real estate appraising; or
                           (x) [(ix)]  professional nursing; or
                     (B)  provided in connection with the professional
  employment or practice of a person who is licensed or registered as:
                           (i)  a certified public accountant;
                           (ii)  an architect;
                           (iii)  an interior designer;
                           (iv) a landscape architect;
                           (v) [(iv)]  a land surveyor;
                           (vi) [(v)]  a physician, including a
  surgeon;
                           (vii) [(vi)]  an optometrist;
                           (viii) [(vii)]  a professional engineer;
                           (ix) [(viii)]  a state certified or state
  licensed real estate appraiser; or
                           (x) [(ix)]  a registered nurse.
         SECTION 2.  Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after
  October 1, 2019.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.