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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation and practice of engineering. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1001.056, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The exemption provided by this section does not apply to |
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a person or entity that is: |
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(1) providing engineering design or inspection |
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services necessary to comply with windstorm certification |
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standards for a residential dwelling under Subchapter F, Chapter |
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2210, Insurance Code; or |
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(2) providing engineering design relating to |
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constructing, enlarging, altering, or repairing, or drawing plans |
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or specifications for, a residential dwelling slab located on |
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expansive soil that meets the expansive soil classification |
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provisions of the International Residential Code as applied in the |
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jurisdiction in which the residential dwelling is located, unless |
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the construction, enlargement, alteration, repair, or drawing of |
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plans or specifications meets the International Residential Code |
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requirements as applied in the jurisdiction in which the |
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residential dwelling is located. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 1001, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1001.067 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1001.067. CERTAIN FIRE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES. This |
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chapter does not prohibit the professional use of the term "fire |
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engineer" by a member of a fire department in a municipality with a |
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population of one million or more that has adopted Chapter 143, |
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Local Government Code, and to which Subchapter G of that chapter |
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does not generally apply, who: |
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(1) holds the position of fire apparatus operator; and |
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(2) is not otherwise engaged in the practice of |
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engineering. |
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SECTION 3. Section 1001.401, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: |
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(e) A license holder shall not be required to provide or |
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hold any additional certification, other than a license issued |
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under this chapter, to seal an engineering plan, specification, |
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plat, or report. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2649 was passed by the House on May 7, |
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2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 2649 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 2649 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, |
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Nays 0, 1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2649 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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2649 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |