HBA-CMT H.B. 3077 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 3077
By: Nixon, Joe
Licensing & Administrative Procedures
4/10/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

The 76th Legislature created new requirements for the registration of
engineering firms with the Board of Professional Engineers.  For sole
proprietors and small businesses, these changes brought about an increased
economic burden on the firms.  Currently, individual professionals are
required to pay fees twice, once as a professional engineer and again as a
business.  House Bill 3077 exempts sole proprietors from paying the
required firm registration fee. 

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 3077 amends the Texas Engineering Practice Act to exempt a sole
proprietorship from the registration fee assessed for an engineering firm. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

On passage, or if the Act does not receive the necessary vote, the Act
takes effect September 1, 2001.