Texas § 5.2291 SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES.

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§ 5.2291 — SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES.

Texas § 5.2291

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Tex. Water Code Code Ann. § 5.2291 (2026).

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Sec. 5.2291. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES.

(a)In this section, "scientific and technical environmental services" means services, other than engineering services, of a scientific or technical nature the conduct of which requires technical training and professional judgment. The term includes modeling, risk assessment, site characterization and assessment, studies of the magnitude, source, and extent of contamination, contaminant fate and transport analysis, watershed assessment and analysis, total maximum daily load studies, scientific data analysis, and similar tasks, to the extent those tasks are not defined as the "practice of engineering" under Chapter 1001 , Occupations Code.

(b)Except as provided by Section 5.2292 , the procurement of a contract for scientific and technical env

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Sec. 5.2291. SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL SERVICES. (a) In this section, "scientific and technical environmental services" means services, other than engineering services, of a scientific or technical nature the conduct of which requires technical training and professional judgment. The term includes modeling, risk assessment, site characterization and assessment, studies of the magnitude, source, and extent of contamination, contaminant fate and transport analysis, watershed assessment and analysis, total maximum daily load studies, scientific data analysis, and similar tasks, to the extent those tasks are not defined as the "practice of engineering" under Chapter 1001 , Occupations Code.
(b) Except as provided by Section 5.2292 , the procurement of a contract for scientific and technical environmental services shall be conducted under the procedures for professional services selection provided in Subchapter A , Chapter 2254 , Government Code.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 1.21, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.842, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1021 (H.B. 2694 ), Sec. 1.05, eff. September 1, 2011.