Bill Text: TX SB779 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the selection of forensic science professional services by governmental entities.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-11 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB779 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-SB779-Introduced.html

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87R8652 YDB-F
By: Hinojosa S.B. No. 779

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the selection of forensic science professional services
by governmental entities.
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) landscape architecture;
(iv) land surveying;
(v) medicine;
(vi) optometry;
(vii) professional engineering;
(viii) real estate appraising; [or]
(ix) professional nursing; or
(x) forensic science;
(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) a landscape architect;
(iv) a land surveyor;
(v) a physician, including a surgeon;
(vi) an optometrist;
(vii) a professional engineer;
(viii) a state certified or state licensed
real estate appraiser; [or]
(ix) a registered nurse; or
(x) a forensic analyst or forensic science
expert; or
(C) provided by a person lawfully engaged in
interior design, regardless of whether the person is registered as
an interior designer under Chapter 1053, Occupations Code.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.