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                                  EXHIBIT 99(a)

                  AMENDMENT OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2001 TO TEAM, INC.
                        RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS'
                                STOCK OPTION PLAN





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                         AMENDMENT OF SEPTEMBER 27, 2001

                                  TO TEAM, INC.

               RESTATED NON-EMPLOYEE DIRECTORS' STOCK OPTION PLAN
                       (As amended through March 28, 1996)


         WHEREAS, the Board of Directors of Team, Inc. during a meeting held on
September 27, 2001, adopted a resolution amending the Team, Inc. Restated
Non-Employee Directors' Stock Option Plan ("Plan") to increase the maximum
number of shares which may be offered pursuant to the Plan from 310,000 to
410,000.

         NOW, THEREFORE, by order of the Board of Directors, Paragraph 4 of the
Plan has been amended in its entirety to read as follows:

         "4. Common Stock Subject to Options. The aggregate number of shares of
         the Company's Common Stock which may be issued upon exercise of Options
         granted under the Plan shall not exceed 410,000, subject to adjustment
         under the provisions of Paragraph 7. The shares of Common Stock to be
         issued upon the exercise of Options may be authorized but unissued
         shares, shares issued and reacquired by the Company or shares bought on
         the market for the purposes of the Plan. In the event any Option shall,
         for any reason, terminate or expire or be surrendered without having
         been exercised in full, the shares subject to such Option but not
         purchased thereunder shall again be available for Options to be granted
         under the Plan."

EFFECTIVE as of September 27, 2001.


