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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the use of certain titles by a structural engineer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 1001, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1001.3085 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.3085. REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER; USE OF |
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TITLE. (a) In this section, "NCEES" means the National Council of |
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Examiners for Engineering and Surveying. |
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(b) The board shall authorize an engineer to use the title |
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"registered structural engineer" if the engineer submits evidence |
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satisfactory to the board showing that the engineer has passed: |
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(1) 16 hours of NCEES structural engineering |
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examinations, eight hours of which are the Structural II |
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examination taken before January 1, 2011; |
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(2) 16 hours of state structural engineering |
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examinations taken before 2004; |
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(3) the NCEES Structural II examination and an |
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eight-hour state structural engineering examination, each taken |
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before January 1, 2011; |
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(4) the 16-hour NCEES structural engineering |
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examination taken after January 1, 2011; or |
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(5) another 16-hour structural engineering |
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examination or a combination of structural engineering |
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examinations totaling 16 hours that is substantially equivalent to |
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the 16-hour NCEES structural engineering examination, as |
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determined by the board. |
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(c) A person may not use the title "registered structural |
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engineer" unless the person obtains authorization from the board in |
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accordance with this section. |
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(d) Notwithstanding Section 1001.401(a), an engineer who is |
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authorized under this section may: |
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(1) obtain a seal in a design authorized by the board, |
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showing the engineer's name and the legend "Registered Structural |
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Engineer"; and |
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(2) use the seal for the purposes required by Section |
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1001.401. |
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(e) Notwithstanding Section 1001.405(e), a business entity |
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that is registered with the board and actively engaged in the |
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practice of engineering may use the term "registered structural |
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engineer" in the manner provided by that subsection if each |
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service, work, or act performed by the business entity that is part |
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of the practice of engineering is: |
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(1) personally performed by an engineer authorized |
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under this section; or |
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(2) directly supervised by an engineer authorized |
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under this section who is a regular full-time employee of the |
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business entity. |
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(f) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas Board |
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of Professional Engineers shall adopt rules necessary to implement |
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Section 1001.3085, Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |