HBA-CMT H.B. 2337 77(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2337 By: Goolsby Licensing & Administrative Procedures 7/26/2001 Enrolled BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Landscape architects are regulated by the Texas Board of Architectural Examiners under a state title act. Under previous law, unqualified individuals were prohibited from representing themselves as a landscape architect, but they were allowed to perform some of the same work as a landscape architect. House Bill 2337 redefines the term "landscape architecture," specifies to whom the term does not apply, and sets forth under what circumstances a person is prohibited from accepting an assignment to engage in the practice of landscape architecture. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution. ANALYSIS House Bill 2337 amends law to redefine the term "landscape architecture." The bill also specifies the persons to whom the term "landscape architecture" does not apply, and prohibits those persons from using the term or otherwise representing themselves as landscape architects. The bill prohibits a landscape architect from accepting an assignment to engage in the practice of landscape architecture unless the landscape architect is qualified by education, examination, or experience to adequately and competently perform the assignment, or if the landscape architect is not qualified to perform part of the assignment, that part of the assignment is performed by persons who are qualified. The bill sets forth procedures for the landscape architect examination. EFFECTIVE DATE September 1, 2001.