Bill Text: TX SB1770 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain titles by a structural engineer.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-26 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB1770 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB1770-Introduced.html
| 87R4466 JES-F | ||
| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 1770 | |
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| 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. | ||
