86R4659 SRA-F By: Phelan H.B. No. 2868 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the procurement of interior design services by a governmental entity. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (2) "Professional services" means services: (A) within the scope of the practice, as defined by state law, of: (i) accounting; (ii) architecture; (iii) interior design; (iv) landscape architecture; (v) [(iv)] land surveying; (vi) [(v)] medicine; (vii) [(vi)] optometry; (viii) [(vii)] professional engineering; (ix) [(viii)] real estate appraising; or (x) [(ix)] professional nursing; or (B) provided in connection with the professional employment or practice of a person who is licensed or registered as: (i) a certified public accountant; (ii) an architect; (iii) an interior designer; (iv) a landscape architect; (v) [(iv)] a land surveyor; (vi) [(v)] a physician, including a surgeon; (vii) [(vi)] an optometrist; (viii) [(vii)] a professional engineer; (ix) [(viii)] a state certified or state licensed real estate appraiser; or (x) [(ix)] a registered nurse. SECTION 2. Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after October 1, 2019. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.