Part 1.
TEXAS BOARD OF ARCHITECTURAL EXAMINERS
Chapter 7.
ADMINISTRATION
22 TAC §7.10
The Texas Board of Architectural Examiners proposes an amendment
to §7.10 for Title 22, Chapter 7, pertaining to fees charged by the agency.
The reason for the proposed amendment is to reduce the fees charged for renewal
of registration. The amendment also increases the charges for the Landscape
Architecture Registration Examination and the examination for registration
as an interior designer. The fees charged for the examination are set by the
examination providers which contract with the agency. The reduction in the
renewal fee will result in the reduction of fees charged for late renewals
because the extra charge for a late renewal is a percentage of the renewal
fee. The amendment will also reduce the fee charged for duplicate registration
certificates and eliminate the fee charged for a duplicate pocket card certificate.
The reason for the proposed fee reduction is to align the agency's revenue
with its reduced expenditures resulting from automation of agency functions
and more efficient agency operations. If adopted, the registration renewal
fees for Texas registrants will be reduced by at least $5.
Cathy L. Hendricks, Executive Director, Texas Board of Architectural Examiners,
has determined that for the first five-year period the amended rule is in
effect, the revenue paid to the agency will be reduced by $102,690 per year.
There will be no effect to the revenue paid to local government. The fees
charged for professional examinations are paid directly to the examination
provider. Therefore, the increase in the fees for the landscape architecture
and interior design examinations will have no fiscal impact on state or local
government.
Ms. Hendricks, has also determined that for the first five-year period
the amended rule is in effect the public benefits expected as a result of
the amended rule are as follows: a reduction in the cost to maintain registration
with the agency. The rule will have a minor positive impact on small business.
There will be a reduction in the cost to most persons required to comply with
the section. Candidates for the landscape architecture and interior design
examination will pay a higher fee to take the examination. The providers for
the landscape architecture and the interior design examinations estimate a
maximum fee of $885 and $720, respectively, in 2007.
Comments may be submitted to Cathy L. Hendricks, RID/ASID/IIDA, Executive
Director, Texas Board of Architectural Examiners, P.O. Box 12337, Austin,
TX 78711-2337.
The new rule is proposed pursuant to §1051.202, Texas Occupations
Code Annotated, which grants the Board general authority to adopt rules to
administer or enforce its enabling legislation; §1051.351, Texas Occupations
Code Annotated, which requires payment of a renewal fee to renew a certificate
of registration issued by the Board; §1051.357, Texas Occupations Code,
which allows the Board to charge a registration renewal fee to an emeritus
architect in an amount reasonable and necessary to recover the costs to administer
emeritus registration; §1051.651, Texas Occupations Code Annotated, which
allows the Board to set architectural registration renewal fees in an amount
reasonable and necessary to cover administrative costs; §1052.054, Texas
Occupations Code Annotated, which allows the Board to set a fee for board
action, including renewal of landscape architectural registration renewal,
in an amount reasonable and necessary to cover administrative costs of carrying
out and enforcing laws relating to landscape architecture; and §1053.052,
Texas Occupations Code Annotated, which allows the Board to set fees, including
interior design registration renewal fees, in an amount reasonable and necessary
to cover administrative costs of carrying out and enforcing laws relating
to interior design.
The proposed amendment to §7.10 will have no effect on other statutes.
§7.10.General Fees.
(a) (No change.)
(b) In addition to any fees established elsewhere in these
rules, by the Act, or by another provision of Texas law, the following fees
shall apply to services provided by the Board:
(c) - (f) (No change.)
This agency hereby certifies that the proposal has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be within the agency's legal authority to adopt.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on February 2, 2007.
TRD-200700290
Cathy L. Hendricks, RID/ASID/IIDA
Executive Director
Texas Board of Architectural Examiners
Earliest possible date of adoption: March 18, 2007
For further information, please call: (512) 305-8544
Chapter 593.
LICENSES
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TEXAS STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL BOARD