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| 2 | + | (In the Senate - Filed December 19, 2024; February 3, 2025, |
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| 3 | + | read first time and referred to Committee on Business & Commerce; |
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| 4 | + | March 19, 2025, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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| 5 | + | Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10, Nays 0; March 19, 2025, |
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| 6 | + | sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | + | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | + | COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 681 By: Kolkhorst |
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| 6 | 11 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 12 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 13 | | relating to the renewal of an engineering license or registration. |
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| 9 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 15 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter H, Chapter 1001, |
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| 11 | 16 | | Occupations Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 17 | | SUBCHAPTER H. ENGINEERING LICENSE OR REGISTRATION RENEWAL |
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| 13 | 18 | | SECTION 2. The heading to Section 1001.351, Occupations |
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| 14 | 19 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 20 | | Sec. 1001.351. LICENSE OR REGISTRATION [ANNUAL] RENEWAL |
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| 16 | 21 | | [REQUIRED]. |
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| 17 | 22 | | SECTION 3. Section 1001.351(a), Occupations Code, is |
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| 18 | 23 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 19 | 24 | | (a) The board shall adopt rules providing for the [provide |
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| 20 | 25 | | for the annual] renewal of a license or registration issued under |
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| 21 | 26 | | this chapter. The rules must provide that a license or registration |
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| 22 | 27 | | issued under this chapter is valid for a term of not less than two |
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| 23 | 28 | | years. |
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| 24 | 29 | | SECTION 4. Section 1001.405(d), Occupations Code, is |
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| 25 | 30 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 31 | | (d) The registration of a business entity issued under this |
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| 27 | 32 | | section is valid for the term provided by board rule adopted under |
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| 28 | 33 | | Section 1001.351 and [expires on the first anniversary of the date |
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| 29 | 34 | | the registration is issued. The registration] may be renewed by the |
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| 30 | 35 | | filing of an updated application under Subsection (c). |
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| 31 | 36 | | SECTION 5. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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| 32 | 37 | | of this Act, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land |
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| 33 | 38 | | Surveyors shall adopt rules to implement Section 1001.351(a), |
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| 34 | 39 | | Occupations Code, as amended by this Act. |
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| 35 | 40 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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