By: Flores (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 3114
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009;
May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Business
and Commerce; May 23, 2009, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0;
May 23, 2009, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3114 By: Watson
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to continuing professional education requirements for
land surveyors.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1071.305(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) As a condition for renewal of a certificate of
registration, the board shall require a registered professional
land surveyor to successfully complete continuing professional
education courses as prescribed by board rule. The board's rules
must provide that the continuing professional education
requirement may be met by completing annually not more than [eight]
sixteen hours[, a calendar day,] of professional development
courses or programs.
SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act to
Section 1071.305, Occupations Code, applies only to a certificate
of registration under Chapter 1071, Occupations Code, that expires
on or after January 1, 2010. A certificate of registration that
expires before January 1, 2010, is covered by the law in effect
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and the former
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
(b) The Texas Board of Professional Land Surveying shall
adopt rules under Section 1071.305, Occupations Code, as amended by
this Act, not later than November 1, 2009.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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