at a glance Prepared for New Board Members | June 2013

Contents and agenda Agency overview Purpose and roles Agency structure Budget and finance Litigation Current projects 2013 legislation Questions and answers

AGENCY OVERVIEW History and major events

History and major events : TBAE created by Legislature to regulate architects 1969: Landscape Architecture becomes a regulated profession (TBLA) 1979: Landscape Architects moved to TBAE

History and major events : Architects’ Practice Act 1991: Interior design regulated by TBAE 2001: Landscape Architects’ Practice Act 2001: TBAE implements SDSI

History and major events : All 3 professions now pay professional fee 2005: TBAE creates in-house database 2007: TBAE reduces renewal fees to 2003 rate

History and major events : “Registered Interior Designer” title restriction change 2009: Annual criminal background checks on all registrants 2011: Legislature effectively ends the “overlap” dispute

Agency snapshot, 2013 Authorized for 26 FTEs; operating on 19.5 (was 22 FTEs back in 2002) Led by Cathy Hendricks since % overall customer satisfaction

Agency snapshot, 2012 Haven’t raised renewal fees since 2004 (and reduced them in 2007) Raised standards for continuing education in 2012

PURPOSE AND ROLES Why we are here

Three professions Architects (roughly 12,600 registrants) RIDs (roughly 5,000 registrants) Landscape Architects (roughly 1,500 registrants)

HSW Mandatory CE (increased by 50% to 12 hours) “3-legged stool” for licensure: Education/Experience/Examination Investigations and enforcement – Compliance checks – Complaint investigations – Annual criminal background checks – Outreach and deterrence

Enforcement priorities Fiscal Year Total cases filed Penalties assessed $25,350$88,800 Per capita penalties $46$638 Avg. penalty (cases heard by Board) $517$2,690 Focus on more egregious cases in which the public is more directly at risk.

Limited, effective, efficient In-state architect renewal costs today what it cost in 2003—a decade ago 60% of revenue flows through to the State 93% of survey respondents report overall satisfaction TBAE-produced low cost CE course online (plus, our outreach counts as CE too) Technology and automation (renewal reminders, breaking news, etc.)

AGENCY STRUCTURE How we work

Major functions Central Administration – IT, Communications, HR, Finance, General Counsel, Administrative Support Registration – Examination, renewals, reciprocity, CE Enforcement – Investigations, Legal, Business Registration

BUDGET AND FINANCE A look at TBAE’s

Budget overview Fiscal Year Revenue $3,251,164$2,917,458$2,845,731 Expenditures (incl. GR payment) $2,917,912$2,772,001$2,581,399 General Revenue Payment $510,000 Fund balance $2,273,982$2,419,439$2,683,770 Source: Annual Financial Reports

LITIGATION Overview of recent

Recent litigation ( ) Architectural/engineering “overlap,” now resolved – HB 2284 “EE List” and Task Force Interior Design title litigation, resolved 2009 – HB 1484 “Registered Interior Designer”

CURRENT PROJECTS What we’ve been up to lately

What we’ve been working on Agency-wide Policies and Procedures overhaul Performance Measures assessment (twice) MIP software Business Registration automation Cloud and online services HB 2284 implementation – Excepted Engineers List – Task Force

Focus: HB 2284

New legislation to implement TBD until after Sine Die.

(and answers)