| (a) The board is statutorily empowered to regulate
the practice of engineering and land surveying in Texas.
(b) The board shall promulgate and adopt rules as authorized
and required by statute, which are necessary for the performance of
its duties. Such rules shall establish standards of conduct and ethics
for engineers and land surveyors, ensure strict compliance with and
enforcement of the provisions of the Acts, ensure uniform standards
of practice and procedure, and provide for public participation, notice
of the agency actions, and a fair and expeditious determination of
causes before the board.
(c) The board may act directly under its statute and
rules or through the executive director or a committee of the board.
(d) Pursuant to the Texas Engineering Practice Act
and the Professional Land Surveying Practices Act, the board is responsible
for policy-making decisions and the executive director is responsible
for the agency's management decisions.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §131.1 adopted to be effective May 20, 2004, 29 TexReg 4871; amended to be effective December 11, 2016, 41 TexReg 9704; amended to be effective December 24, 2020, 45 TexReg 9202 |
