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H0520...........................................................by BUSINESS ENGINEERS - Amends existing law to increase the number of years college or university faculty can teach engineering design without a license; and to exempt certain applicants for licensure as a professional engineer from examination requirements. 02/01 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing 02/02 Rpt prt - to Bus 02/14 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 02/15 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 02/21 3rd rdg - PASSED - 65-3-2 AYES -- Anderson, Andrus, Barraclough, Barrett, Bastian, Bayer, Bedke, Bilbao, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Brackett, Bradford, Cannon, Chadderdon, Clark, Collins, Deal, Denney, Edmunson, Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Garrett, Hart, Henbest, Henderson, Jaquet, Kemp, Lake, LeFavour, Loertscher, Martinez, Mathews, McGeachin, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Nielsen, Nonini, Pasley-Stuart, Pence, Raybould, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Rusche, Rydalch, Sali(Sali), Sayler, Schaefer, Shepherd(2), Shepherd(8), Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smylie, Snodgrass, Stevenson, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker NAYS -- Harwood, McKague, Smith(24) Absent and excused -- Bell, Crow Floor Sponsor - Rusche Title apvd - to Senate 02/22 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes 03/10 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg 03/13 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg 03/16 3rd rdg - PASSED - 35-0-0 AYES -- Andreason, Brandt, Broadsword, Bunderson, Burkett, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Coiner, Compton, Corder, Darrington, Davis, Fulcher, Gannon, Geddes, Goedde, Hill, Jorgenson, Kelly, Keough, Langhorst, Little, Lodge, Malepeai, Marley, McGee, McKenzie, Pearce, Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Sweet, Werk, Williams NAYS -- None Absent and excused -- None Floor Sponsor - Malepeai Title apvd - to House 03/17 To enrol 03/20 Rpt enrol - Sp signed 03/21 Pres signed - To Governor 03/22 Governor signed Session Law Chapter 137 Effective: 07/01/06
]]]] LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ]]]] Fifty-eighth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2006IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HOUSE BILL NO. 520 BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE 1 AN ACT 2 RELATING TO ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1223, IDAHO CODE, TO 3 INCREASE THE NUMBER OF YEARS COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY FACULTY CAN TEACH ENGI- 4 NEERING DESIGN WITHOUT A LICENSE, TO EXEMPT CERTAIN APPLICANTS FOR LICEN- 5 SURE FROM EXAMINATION REQUIREMENTS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho: 7 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1223, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby 8 amended to read as follows: 9 54-1223. SAVING CLAUSE -- EXEMPTIONS.A.(1) This chapter shall not be 10 construed to affect: 11 (1a) The practice of any other profession or trade for which a license is 12 required under any law of this state or the United States. 13 (2b) The work of an employee or a subordinate of a person holding a cer- 14 tificate of registration under this chapter, provided such work does not 15 include final engineering design or land surveying decisions and is done 16 under the direct responsibility, checking, and supervision of, and veri- 17 fied by, a person holding a certificate of registration under this chap- 18 ter. 19 (3c) Any individual teaching upper division engineering subjects that are 20 classified as engineering design for any college or university in this 21 state as of July 1, 1988, and any such individual employed after July 1, 22 1988, for a period ofthree (3)five (5) years from the date of employment 23 with any college or university in this state. 24 (4d) An individual doing surveying work for himself, or through a busi- 25 ness entity, on property owned or leased by the individual or business 26 entity, or in which the individual or business entity has an interest, 27 estate or possessory right and which affects exclusively the property or 28 interests of the individual or business entity; provided, that all land 29 surveying maps, plats or plans filed with any county recorder's office in 30 the state of Idaho for the purpose of illustrating or defining boundaries 31 of property ownership, shall be made and certified by a registered, pro- 32 fessional land surveyor as provided in this chapter. 33 (5e) An individual doing survey work for himself, or through a business 34 entity with respect to the location, amendment, or relocation of a mining 35 claim. 36 (6f) The practice of engineering by employees of a business entity as 37 long as the services provided by them are for internal business entity use 38 only. 39B.(2) The board, at its discretion, may exempt an exceptional individual 40 who has twelve (12) or more years of appropriate experience in engineering 41 from the requirement for satisfactory completion of an examination in the fun- 42 damentals of engineering. 43C.(3) An applicant for licensure as a professional engineer either by 2 1 examination or by comity who has earned a bachelor degree in engineering from 2 an approved engineering program and has, in addition, earned a doctorate 3 degree in engineering from a college or university which offers an approved 4 undergraduate program in the same discipline as the doctorate degree earned, 5 shall be exempt from the requirement for satisfactory completion of an exami- 6 nation in the fundamentals of engineering. Honorary doctorate degrees are not 7 considered earned degrees for purposes of this subsection. 8 (4) In addition to, and notwithstanding other provisions of this chapter, 9 in circumstances of emergency creating conditions of imminent and substantial 10 danger to the public health, safety or environment through the provision of 11 engineering services, the prosecuting attorney or the attorney general may 12 institute a civil action for an immediate injunction to halt the provision of 13 engineering services.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE RS 15349C1 This legislation would increase from three to five the number of years a faculty person could teach upper division engineering design courses without being licensed. It would also allow the Board to waive the requirement for passage of an exam on the fundamentals of engineering for some persons who have a doctorate degree. FISCAL NOTE There will be no impact to the General Fund of the State or Dedicated fund of the agency or any other agency or unit of government. CONTACT Name: David Curtis Agency: Board of Engineers & Land Surveyors Phone: 373-7210 STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 520