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| 1 | 1 | 81R10793 BEF-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Deuell S.B. No. 2414 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the regulation and practice of engineering. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Section 1001.056, Occupations Code, is amended | |
| 10 | 10 | by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | (c) The exemption provided by this section does not apply to | |
| 12 | 12 | a person or entity that is: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) providing services necessary to comply with | |
| 14 | 14 | windstorm certification standards for a residential dwelling; or | |
| 15 | 15 | (2) constructing, enlarging, altering, or repairing, | |
| 16 | 16 | or drawing plans or specifications for, a residential dwelling slab | |
| 17 | 17 | located on soil with a plasticity index of greater than 30, | |
| 18 | 18 | determined in accordance with ASTM International standard D4318-05 | |
| 19 | 19 | (Standard Test Methods for Liquid Limit, Plastic Limit, and | |
| 20 | 20 | Plasticity Index of Soils) as that standard was in effect on January | |
| 21 | 21 | 1, 2009. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |