The Wise Report
Henry M. Wise, P.G.
October 27, 2018
The Texas Board of Professional Geoscientists (TBPG) adopts an amendment concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists in Texas. This amendment to 22 TAC §850.82, concerning dishonored payment, is adopted with changes to the proposed text as published in the June 22, 2018, issue of the Texas Register (43 TexReg 4013), and will be republished.
TBPG completed and adopted its four-year rule review in 2018 prior to this rulemaking. As a result of the review process, TBPG now adopts a change to its rules for refinement and clarity. Adopted amendment to §850.82 makes use of the defined term "licensee," adds the word "licensee," and removes the terms, "license, certification or registration holder" because a licensee is a defined term in §850.10. In §850.82, "licensee" is defined as, "An individual holding a current Professional Geoscientist license, GIT certificate, or firm registration."
The TBPG also adopts new rules and amendments concerning the licensure and regulation of Professional Geoscientists in Texas. TBPG adopts new rules 22 TAC §851.22, regarding Waivers and Substitutions: Policy, Procedures, and Criteria; and §851.85, regarding Contingent Emergency/Disaster Response Actions. TBPG also adopts amendments to 22 TAC §§851.10, 851.20, 851.21, 851.23 - 851.25, 851.28, 851.30, 851.32, 851.40, 851.41, 851.43, 851.80, 851.101, 851.103, 851.104, 851.106, 851.109, 851.111 - 851.113, 851.156, 851.158, 851.203, and 851.204, concerning clarification and refinement of its rules, as a result of its recent four-year rule review, which TBPG completed and adopted prior to this rulemaking. These rules are adopted without changes to the proposed text as published in the June 29, 2018, issue of the Texas Register (43 TexReg 4363) and will not be republished. TBPG also adopts amendments to 22 TAC §§851.20, 851.22, 851.29, 851.106, and 851.158 with changes to the proposed text as published in the June 29, 2018, issue of the Texas Register (43 TexReg 4363). These sections will be republished.
For more information go to: https://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/archive/October262018/Adopted%20Rules/22.EXAMINING%20BOARDS.html#106
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Just a reminder, if you haven’t contacted your Texas Representative about keeping the TBPG, please do so by the end of October. The Sunset Advisory Commission will be finalizing their recommendations for the TBPG and presenting them on November 14, 2018. If you don’t know who your Representative is, go to: https://www.txgeoscience.org/volunteer/
Henry M. Wise, P.G.
The Wise Report
10/27/2018