87R4466 JES-F
By: Paxton S.B. No. 1770
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain titles by a structural engineer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 1001, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1001.3085 to read as follows:
Sec. 1001.3085. REGISTERED STRUCTURAL ENGINEER; USE OF
TITLE. (a) In this section, "NCEES" means the National Council of
Examiners for Engineering and Surveying.
(b) The board shall authorize an engineer to use the title
"registered structural engineer" if the engineer submits evidence
satisfactory to the board showing that the engineer has passed:
(1) 16 hours of NCEES structural engineering
examinations, eight hours of which are the Structural II
examination taken before January 1, 2011;
(2) 16 hours of state structural engineering
examinations taken before 2004;
(3) the NCEES Structural II examination and an
eight-hour state structural engineering examination, each taken
before January 1, 2011;
(4) the 16-hour NCEES structural engineering
examination taken after January 1, 2011; or
(5) another 16-hour structural engineering
examination or a combination of structural engineering
examinations totaling 16 hours that is substantially equivalent to
the 16-hour NCEES structural engineering examination, as
determined by the board.
(c) A person may not use the title "registered structural
engineer" unless the person obtains authorization from the board in
accordance with this section.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 1001.401(a), an engineer who is
authorized under this section may:
(1) obtain a seal in a design authorized by the board,
showing the engineer's name and the legend "Registered Structural
Engineer"; and
(2) use the seal for the purposes required by Section
1001.401.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 1001.405(e), a business entity
that is registered with the board and actively engaged in the
practice of engineering may use the term "registered structural
engineer" in the manner provided by that subsection if each
service, work, or act performed by the business entity that is part
of the practice of engineering is:
(1) personally performed by an engineer authorized
under this section; or
(2) directly supervised by an engineer authorized
under this section who is a regular full-time employee of the
business entity.
(f) The board shall adopt rules to implement this section.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2021, the Texas Board
of Professional Engineers shall adopt rules necessary to implement
Section 1001.3085, Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.