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TX Occ Code § 1053.156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle B - Regulation of Architecture and Related Practices|Chapter 1053 - Interior Designers|Subchapter D. Registration Requirements|Section 1053.156. Emeritus Status; Interior Designers

Sec. 1053.156.  EMERITUS STATUS; INTERIOR DESIGNERS.  (a)  The board by rule shall establish a procedure by which an interior designer may place the interior designer's certificate of registration on emeritus status.  The interior designer must apply for emeritus status, on a form prescribed by the board, before the interior designer's certificate of registration expires.(b)  An interior designer is eligible for emeritus status if the interior designer:(1)  has been an interior designer for 20 years or more; and(2)  is 65 years of age or older.(c)  An interior designer whose certificate of registration is on emeritus status:(1)  may use the title "Emeritus Interior Designer" or "Interior Designer Emeritus";(2)  must pay a renewal fee on a date and in a manner prescribed by board rule; and(3)  is exempt from continuing education requirements under this chapter.(d)  The board shall change an interior designer's certificate of registration from emeritus status to active status if the interior designer:(1)  requests in writing that the board change the interior designer's certificate of registration from emeritus status to active status;(2)  pays an administrative fee; and(3)  complies with education or other requirements established by board rule.(e)  The renewal fee charged under Subsection (c) may not exceed an amount reasonable and necessary to recover the costs to administer this section.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1360 (H.B. 2060), Sec. 11, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Occ Code § 1053.159 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle B - Regulation of Architecture and Related Practices|Chapter 1053 - Interior Designers|Subchapter D. Registration Requirements|Section 1053.159. Issuance of Certificate

Sec. 1053.159.  ISSUANCE OF CERTIFICATE.  The board shall issue a certificate of registration to an applicant who presents satisfactory evidence that the applicant complies with all registration requirements under this chapter and under board rules.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 1053.160 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle B - Regulation of Architecture and Related Practices|Chapter 1053 - Interior Designers|Subchapter D. Registration Requirements|Section 1053.160. Use of Interior Designer's Seal

Sec. 1053.160.  USE OF INTERIOR DESIGNER'S SEAL.  (a)  An interior designer shall maintain a seal described by Section 1053.058 and shall stamp or impress the seal on each drawing or specification issued from the interior designer's office for use in this state.(b)  A person may not use or attempt to use an interior designer's seal, a similar seal, or a replica of the seal unless the use is by or through an interior designer.(c)  An interior designer may not permit a person who is not an interior designer to use the interior designer's seal without the interior designer's personal supervision.(d)  A person may not present or attempt to use as the person's own the seal of another person.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 331, Sec. 5.04, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 1053.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle B - Regulation of Architecture and Related Practices|Chapter 1053 - Interior Designers|Subchapter F. Prohibited Practices and Disciplinary Procedures|Section 1053.251. Disciplinary Powers of Board

Sec. 1053.251.  DISCIPLINARY POWERS OF BOARD.  (a)  On a determination that a ground for disciplinary action exists under Section 1053.252, the board shall:(1)  revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew a certification of registration;(2)  reprimand a certificate holder; or(3)  impose an administrative penalty on a certificate holder under Subchapter I, Chapter 1051.(b)  The board may place on probation a person whose certificate of registration is suspended.  If the suspension is probated, the board may require the person to:(1)  report regularly to the board on matters that are the basis of the probation;(2)  limit practice to the areas prescribed by the board;  or(3)  continue or review professional education until the person attains a degree of skill satisfactory to the board in those areas that are the basis of the probation.(c)  On a determination that a ground for disciplinary action exists under Section 1053.252, the board shall deny registration of an applicant.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 331, Sec. 5.05, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1144 (H.B. 2847), Sec. 13.002, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Occ Code § 1053.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle B - Regulation of Architecture and Related Practices|Chapter 1053 - Interior Designers|Subchapter F. Prohibited Practices and Disciplinary Procedures|Section 1053.252. Grounds for Disciplinary Action

Sec. 1053.252.  GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINARY ACTION.  A person is subject to disciplinary action under Section 1053.251 for:(1)  violating this subtitle or a board rule adopted under this subtitle that applies to interior designers;(2)  being convicted of a felony or of a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude;(3)  using fraud or deceit in obtaining or attempting to obtain a certificate of registration;(4)  committing an act of recklessness, gross incompetency, or misconduct in the practice of interior design;(5)  practicing in a manner detrimental to the public health, safety, or welfare;(6)  advertising in a manner that tends to deceive or defraud the public;(7)  aiding or abetting any person not registered under this subtitle in violating this subtitle;(8)  failing to provide or to timely provide to the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation any document designated by Chapter 469, Government Code, as a document the person is required to provide to the department;(9)  giving false or forged evidence to the board or a member of the board in obtaining or assisting another person to obtain a certificate of registration;(10)  using or attempting to use as the person's own the certificate of registration of another person;  or(11)  acting dishonestly in the practice of interior design.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 331, Sec. 5.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.062(a), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 1071.001. Short Title

Sec. 1071.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 1071.002. Definitions

Sec. 1071.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Board" means the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors.(2)  "Commissioner" means the commissioner of the General Land Office.(3)  "Delegated responsible charge" means the direct control of professional surveying work performed under the supervision of a registered professional land surveyor.(4)  "Land surveyor" means a registered professional land surveyor or licensed state land surveyor.(5)  "Licensed state land surveyor" means a surveyor licensed by the board to survey land in which the state or the permanent school fund has an interest or perform other original surveys for the purpose of filing field notes in the General Land Office.(6)  "Professional surveying" means the practice of land, boundary, or property surveying or other similar professional practices.  The term includes:(A)  performing any service or work the adequate performance of which involves applying special knowledge of the principles of geodesy, mathematics, related applied and physical sciences, and relevant laws to the measurement or location of sites, points, lines, angles, elevations, natural features, and existing man-made works in the air, on the earth's surface, within underground workings, and on the beds of bodies of water to determine areas and volumes for:(i)  locating real property boundaries;(ii)  platting and laying out land and subdivisions of land; or(iii)  preparing and perpetuating maps, record plats, field note records, easements, and real property descriptions that represent those surveys; and(B)  consulting, investigating, evaluating, analyzing, planning, providing an expert surveying opinion or testimony, acquiring survey data, preparing technical reports, and mapping to the extent those acts are performed in connection with acts described by this subdivision.(7)  "Registered professional land surveyor" means a person registered by the board as a registered professional land surveyor.(8)  "State land surveying" means the science or practice of land measurement according to established and recognized methods engaged in as a profession or service for the public for compensation and consisting of the following activities conducted when the resulting field notes or maps are to be filed with the General Land Office:(A)  determining by survey the location or relocation of original land grant boundaries and corners;(B)  calculating area and preparing field note descriptions of surveyed and unsurveyed land or land in which the state or the permanent school fund has an interest;  and(C)  preparing maps showing the survey results.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 611 (H.B. 2179), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2005.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1232 (H.B. 1523), Sec. 1.51, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 1071.004. Application of Chapter

Sec. 1071.004.  APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.  This chapter does not require the use of a registered professional land surveyor to establish an easement or a construction estimate that does not involve the monumentation, delineation, or preparation of a metes and bounds description.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.251 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter F. Registration, Licensing, and Certification Requirements|Section 1071.251. Registration, License, or Certificate Required

Sec. 1071.251.  REGISTRATION, LICENSE, OR CERTIFICATE REQUIRED.  (a)  In this section, "offer to practice" means to represent by verbal claim, sign, letterhead, card, or other method that a person is registered or licensed to perform professional surveying in this state.(b)  A person may not engage in the practice of professional surveying unless the person is registered, licensed, or certified as provided by this chapter.(c)  A person may not offer to practice professional surveying in this state unless the person is registered or licensed as provided by this chapter.(d)  A person may not use in connection with the person's name or use or advertise a title or description that tends to convey the impression that the person is a professional land surveyor unless the person is registered or licensed under this chapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.252 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter F. Registration, Licensing, and Certification Requirements|Section 1071.252. Application Requirements

Sec. 1071.252.  APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  An applicant for certification as a surveyor-in-training, registration as a registered professional land surveyor, or licensing as a licensed state land surveyor must file a written application with the board accompanied by an application fee in an amount determined by the board.(b)  An application must be made on a form prescribed and furnished by the board and contain statements that show the applicant's education and experience.  The application must contain a detailed summary of the applicant's education and experience and references from at least three registered professional land surveyors having personal knowledge of the applicant's surveying experience.  The board shall accept an application that meets board requirements regardless of whether the application is notarized.(c)  After the board determines that the applicant is qualified to take the appropriate section of the examination under Section 1071.256, the board shall set the examination section the applicant is approved to take and notify the applicant of the examination section and of the time and place of the examination.  The applicant may take the examination section on payment of an examination fee in an amount determined by the board.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.253 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter F. Registration, Licensing, and Certification Requirements|Section 1071.253. Surveyor-in-Training Certificate

Sec. 1071.253.  SURVEYOR-IN-TRAINING CERTIFICATE.  (a)  An applicant for a surveyor-in-training certificate must:(1)  have earned a bachelor of science degree in surveying from an accredited institution of higher education;(2)  have:(A)  earned a bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education that included at least 32 semester hours in a combination of courses acceptable to the board in:(i)  civil engineering;(ii)  land surveying;(iii)  mathematics;(iv)  photogrammetry;(v)  forestry;(vi)  land law;  or(vii)  the physical sciences;  and(B)  completed at least one year of experience acceptable to the board in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a registered professional land surveyor actively engaged in professional surveying;(3)  have:(A)  earned an associate degree in surveying from an accredited institution of higher education;  and(B)  completed at least two years of experience acceptable to the board in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a registered professional land surveyor actively engaged in professional surveying;(4)  have:(A)  successfully completed a course of instruction consisting of 32 semester hours in land surveying or the equivalent number of semester hours in board-approved courses related to surveying;  and(B)  completed at least two years of experience acceptable to the board in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a registered professional land surveyor actively engaged in professional surveying;  or(5)  have:(A)  graduated from an accredited high school;(B)  completed at least four years of experience acceptable to the board in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a registered professional land surveyor actively engaged in professional surveying;  and(C)  provided evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant is self-educated in professional surveying.(b)  On proof that an applicant has the qualifications required by Subsection (a), the board shall allow the applicant to take an examination consisting of parts of the examination under Section 1071.256, the contents of which are as determined or approved by the board.(c)  The board shall issue a surveyor-in-training certificate to an applicant who passes the applicable parts of the examination taken under Subsection (b).  The certificate is valid for eight years.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 53 (S.B. 1340), Sec. 1, eff. May 10, 2007.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.254 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter F. Registration, Licensing, and Certification Requirements|Section 1071.254. Qualifications for Registration as Registered Professional Land Surveyor

Sec. 1071.254.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR REGISTRATION AS REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR.  (a)  An applicant for registration as a registered professional land surveyor must:(1)  hold a certificate as a surveyor-in-training;(2)  have at least two years of experience satisfactory to the board as a surveyor-in-training in performing surveying in delegated responsible charge as a subordinate to a surveyor registered or licensed to engage in the practice of surveying in this state or in another state having registration or licensing requirements equivalent to the requirements of this state; and(3)  have earned an associate or bachelor's degree from an accredited institution of higher education that included at least 32 semester hours in a combination of courses acceptable to the board in:(A)  civil engineering;(B)  land surveying;(C)  mathematics;(D)  photogrammetry;(E)  forestry;(F)  land law; or(G)  the physical sciences.(b)  An applicant is entitled to registration as a registered professional land surveyor if the applicant meets the qualifications prescribed by Subsection (a) and is approved to take and passes the required sections of the examination prescribed under Section 1071.256.(c)  The board by rule may authorize the waiver of the requirement that an applicant for registration as a registered professional land surveyor have a bachelor's degree if the board determines:(1)  the applicant possesses sufficient qualifications to justify the waiver; and(2)  the applicant's registration does not pose a threat to the public health, safety, or welfare.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1232 (H.B. 1523), Sec. 1.52, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.255 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter F. Registration, Licensing, and Certification Requirements|Section 1071.255. Qualifications for Licensing as Licensed State Land Surveyor; Oath

Sec. 1071.255.  QUALIFICATIONS FOR LICENSING AS LICENSED STATE LAND SURVEYOR;  OATH.  (a)  A registered professional land surveyor is entitled to be licensed as a licensed state land surveyor if the person is approved to take and passes the appropriate sections of the examination prescribed under Section 1071.256.(b)  The board may not issue a license to a licensed state land surveyor until the applicant takes the official oath stating that the person will faithfully, impartially, and honestly perform all the duties of a licensed state land surveyor to the best of the person's skill and ability in all matters in which the person may be employed.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1232 (H.B. 1523), Sec. 1.58(6), eff. September 1, 2019.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1232 (H.B. 1523), Sec. 1.58(6), eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.256 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter F. Registration, Licensing, and Certification Requirements|Section 1071.256. Examination

Sec. 1071.256.  EXAMINATION.  (a)  The board shall prescribe the scope of the written examination and examination procedures with special reference to the applicant's ability in order to protect the public safety, welfare, and property rights.(b)  The examination for an applicant for registration as a registered professional land surveyor must be developed and given as provided by this chapter under board rules designed to determine the knowledge and ability of the applicant.(c)  The examination for an applicant for licensing as a licensed state land surveyor must be developed under board rules and include examination on:(1)  the theory of surveying;(2)  the law of land boundaries;(3)  the history and functions of the General Land Office;  and(4)  other matters pertaining to surveying as determined by the board.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.|
TX Occ Code § 1071.259 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Occupations Code|Title 6 - Regulation of Engineering, Architecture, Land Surveying, and Related Practices|Subtitle C - Regulation of Land Surveying and Related Practices|Chapter 1071 - Land Surveyors|Subchapter F. Registration, Licensing, and Certification Requirements|Section 1071.259. Registration of Out-of-State Surveyors

Sec. 1071.259.  REGISTRATION OF OUT-OF-STATE SURVEYORS.  (a)  The board may waive any registration requirement for an applicant who holds a license from another state having registration or licensing requirements substantially equivalent to the registration requirements of this state.(b)  The board may issue a certificate of registration as a registered professional land surveyor to an applicant under this section who meets all waived and unwaived registration requirements and who:(1)  applies to the board for a certificate of registration;(2)  pays a fee set by the board;  and(3)  passes an examination on Texas surveying.(c)  The board shall determine the contents of the examination under Subsection (b)(3).  The examination may not exceed four hours in duration.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|