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