Board approves consent agenda, licensing committee recommendations and rule re‑adoptions; adopts international licensure framework

At its meeting, the Texas Board of Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors approved the consent agenda, voted to grant or conditionally grant professional licenses recommended by the licensing and registration committee, re‑adopted the agency’s rules after the required review, and adopted amendments related to international licensure.

The board approved committee recommendations from the licensing and registration committee for four applicants who had records of prior criminal arrests or judgments but met committee conditions. The committee recommended that Benjamin Earl Isaac be granted Texas licensure after completing requirements that included a Texas Tech ethics course and passing the PE exam; Ahmed Nalley be granted licensure upon successful completion of a 30‑hour basic Texas Tech ethics course; Mohsen Roddy be granted licensure after submitting documentation of a 60‑hour intermediate Texas Tech ethics course; and Matthew Winston be approved after submitting documentation of a 30‑hour basic Texas Tech ethics class. Committee motions were seconded and the board voted to accept the recommendations.

Board staff presented a routine four‑year rule review noting agencies must periodically review and re‑adopt necessary rules; staff said the agency posted the proposed re‑adoptions to the Texas Register and received no public comments. The board voted to re‑adopt its rules and to submit the re‑adoption notice to the Texas Register.

The board also adopted a set of rule amendments (agenda items 11–13) that establish a framework for international licensure, including recognition arrangements the board previously discussed in the context of agreements such as those with the United Kingdom. Staff reported those proposals received no public comments on the Texas Register; members moved and the board adopted the amendments.

On enforcement business the board approved three engineering consent orders and one surveying consent order listed on the agenda (case identifiers read into the record). The board also approved a set of consent agenda minutes and administrative reports included in the meeting packet.

Finance and operations updates preceded the votes. Board CFO Jeff Musch gave a budget snapshot showing a positive revenue variance of roughly 3% and an expenditure variance of roughly 2% at the early point in the fiscal year; staff reported audits by the Comptroller’s office and other procedural audits found no material issues. Operations staff described building HVAC replacement planning, ongoing cybersecurity work and an upcoming rollout of an automated verification system to speed out‑of‑state verification requests.

All routine motions were adopted with members voting “aye”; the meeting record shows no recorded opposition on the votes summarized here.