| 1 | 1 | | 86R4659 SRA-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: West S.B. No. 922 |
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| 3 | 3 | | |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the procurement of interior design services by a |
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| 8 | 8 | | governmental entity. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (2) "Professional services" means services: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (A) within the scope of the practice, as defined |
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| 14 | 14 | | by state law, of: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (i) accounting; |
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| 16 | 16 | | (ii) architecture; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (iii) interior design; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (iv) landscape architecture; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (v) [(iv)] land surveying; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (vi) [(v)] medicine; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (vii) [(vi)] optometry; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (viii) [(vii)] professional engineering; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (ix) [(viii)] real estate appraising; or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (x) [(ix)] professional nursing; or |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) provided in connection with the professional |
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| 26 | 26 | | employment or practice of a person who is licensed or registered as: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (i) a certified public accountant; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (ii) an architect; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (iii) an interior designer; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (iv) a landscape architect; |
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| 31 | 31 | | (v) [(iv)] a land surveyor; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (vi) [(v)] a physician, including a |
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| 33 | 33 | | surgeon; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (vii) [(vi)] an optometrist; |
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| 35 | 35 | | (viii) [(vii)] a professional engineer; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (ix) [(viii)] a state certified or state |
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| 37 | 37 | | licensed real estate appraiser; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | (x) [(ix)] a registered nurse. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 2. Section 2254.002(2), Government Code, as amended |
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| 40 | 40 | | by this Act, applies only to a contract entered into on or after |
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| 41 | 41 | | October 1, 2019. |
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| 42 | 42 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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