Bill Text: TX HB2284 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the practice of architecture and engineering.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2284 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2284-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the practice of architecture and engineering.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB2284 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2284-Introduced.html
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By: Hardcastle | H.B. No. 2284 |
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relating to the practice of engineering. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 1001.003(c), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The practice of engineering includes: | ||
(1) consultation, investigation, evaluation, | ||
analysis, planning, engineering for program management, providing | ||
an expert engineering opinion or testimony, engineering for testing | ||
or evaluating materials for construction or other engineering use, | ||
and mapping; | ||
(2) design, conceptual design, or conceptual design | ||
coordination of engineering works or systems, including buildings | ||
or related structures; | ||
(3) development or optimization of plans and | ||
specifications for engineering works or systems; | ||
(4) planning the use or alteration of land or water or | ||
the design or analysis of works or systems for the use or alteration | ||
of land or water; | ||
(5) responsible charge of engineering teaching or the | ||
teaching of engineering; | ||
(6) performing an engineering survey or study; | ||
(7) engineering for construction, alteration, or | ||
repair of real property; | ||
(8) engineering for preparation of an operating or | ||
maintenance manual; | ||
(9) engineering for review of the construction or | ||
installation of engineered works to monitor compliance with | ||
drawings or specifications; | ||
(10) a service, design, analysis, or other work | ||
performed for a public or private entity in connection with a | ||
utility, structure, building, machine, equipment, process, system, | ||
work, project, or industrial or consumer product or equipment of a | ||
mechanical, electrical, electronic, chemical, hydraulic, | ||
pneumatic, geotechnical, or thermal nature; | ||
(11) providing an engineering opinion or analysis | ||
related to a certificate of merit under Chapter 150, Civil Practice | ||
and Remedies Code; or | ||
(12) any other professional service necessary for the | ||
planning, progress, or completion of an engineering service. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 1051.601(b), Occupations Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) This chapter does not prohibit an engineer licensed | ||
under Chapter 1001 from: | ||
(1) planning and supervising work on: | ||
(A) a construction project primarily intended | ||
for engineering use, including a railroad, hydroelectric work, or | ||
industrial plant; or | ||
(B) a structure incidental to a construction | ||
project described by Paragraph (A); or | ||
(2) planning, designing, or supervising work on the | ||
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |