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H0589...........................................................by BUSINESS
LAND SURVEYORS - Amends existing law to revise the general requirements for
the examination and licensure of professional land surveyors and land
surveyors-in-training, effective July 1, 2010.
02/08 House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
02/11 Rpt prt - to Bus
02/20 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
02/21 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
02/26 3rd rdg - PASSED - 39-29-2
AYES -- Aikele, Barraclough, Bedke, Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bruneel,
Campbell, Clark, Collins, Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Field(13), Gagner,
Gould, Harwood, Higgins, Hornbeck, Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg(Duncan),
Kunz, Martinez, Meyer, Montgomery, Mortensen, Pomeroy, Raybould,
Ridinger, Robison, Sellman, Shepherd, Smith(33), Stone, Tilman,
Trail, Young
NAYS -- Barrett, Bieter, Bradford, Callister, Denney, Ellis,
Ellsworth, Eskridge, Field(20), Hadley, Hammond, Henbest, Kendell,
Lake, Langford, Mader, McKague, Moyle, Pearce, Pischner, Roberts,
Sali, Schaefer, Smith(23), Smylie, Stevenson, Wheeler, Wood, Mr.
Speaker
Absent and excused -- Bell, Loertscher
Floor Sponsor - Higgins
Title apvd - to Senate
02/27 Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/08 Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/11 2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/14 3rd rdg - PASSED - 25-7-3
AYES -- Andreason, Boatright, Branch(Bartlett), Bunderson,
Burtenshaw, Davis, Deide, Dunklin, Frasure, Goedde, Hawkins, Hill,
Ipsen, King-Barrutia, Lodge, Marley, Richardson, Risch, Schroeder,
Sims, Sorensen, Stegner, Thorne, Wheeler, Williams
NAYS -- Cameron, Darrington, Geddes, Keough, Little, Noh, Sandy
Absent and excused -- Brandt, Ingram, Stennett
Floor Sponsor - Hill
Title apvd - to House
03/15 To enrol - rpt enrol - Sp signed
Pres signed
03/15 To Governor
03/20 Governor signed
Session Law Chapter 125
Effective: 07/01/02
|||| LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO ||||
Fifty-sixth Legislature Second Regular Session - 2002
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
HOUSE BILL NO. 589
BY BUSINESS COMMITTEE
1 AN ACT
2 RELATING TO ENGINEERS AND SURVEYORS; AMENDING SECTION 54-1212, IDAHO CODE, TO
3 REVISE GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMINATION AND LICENSURE OF PROFESSIONAL
4 LAND SURVEYORS AND LAND SURVEYORS-IN-TRAINING; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE
5 DATE.
6 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
7 SECTION 1. That Section 54-1212, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
8 amended to read as follows:
9 54-1212. GENERAL REQUIREMENTS FOR EXAMINATION AND LICENSE. Except as
10 herein otherwise expressly provided, no license as a professional engineer or
11 professional land surveyor, or certification as an engineer-in-training or
12 land surveyor-in-training, shall be issued until an applicant has successfully
13 passed an examination given by or under the supervision of the board, nor
14 shall a license as a professional engineer or professional land surveyor, or
15 certification as an engineer-in-training or land surveyor-in-training, be
16 issued to an applicant having habits or character that would justify revoca-
17 tion or suspension of certificate, as provided in section 54-1220, Idaho Code.
18 The following shall be considered as minimum evidence satisfactory to the
19 board that the applicant is qualified for assignment to an examination:
20 (1) As a professional engineer:
21 (a) Graduation from an approved engineering curriculum of four (4) years
22 or more in a school or college approved by the board as being of satisfac-
23 tory standing, passage of an examination on the fundamentals of engineer-
24 ing acceptable to the board, and a specific record of an additional four
25 (4) years or more of progressive experience in engineering work of a grade
26 and character satisfactory to the board, and indicating that the applicant
27 is competent to practice professional engineering; or
28 (b) Evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant possesses
29 knowledge and skill approximating that attained through graduation from an
30 approved four (4) year engineering curriculum, graduation with a bachelor
31 degree in a related science from a school or college approved by the
32 board, passage of an examination on the fundamentals of engineering
33 acceptable to the board, and a specific record of eight (8) years or more
34 of progressive experience in engineering work of a grade and character
35 satisfactory to the board and indicating that the applicant is competent
36 to practice professional engineering.
37 (2) As a professional land surveyor:
38 (a) Graduation from an approved surveying curriculum of four (4) years or
39 more in a school or college approved by the board as being of satisfactory
40 standing, passage of an examination on the fundamentals of land surveying
41 acceptable to the board, and a specific record of an additional four (4)
42 years or more of combined office and field experience in land surveying
43 work, with a minimum of two (2) years of progressive experience in land
2
1 surveying work of a grade and character satisfactory to the board and
2 indicating that the applicant is competent to practice professional land
3 surveying; or
4 (b) At least sixty (60) semester hours of college level academic educa-
5 tion beyond high school, with a minimum of fifteen (15) credits in land
6 surveying, engineering, mathematics or related science, Evidence satisfac-
7 tory to the board that the applicant possesses knowledge and skill
8 approximating that attained through graduation from an approved four (4)
9 year surveying curriculum, graduation with a bachelor degree in a related
10 science from a school or college approved by the board, passage of an
11 examination on the fundamentals of land surveying acceptable to the board,
12 and a specific record of an additional eight (8) years or more of progres-
13 sive experience in surveying work, constituting six (6) years of combined
14 office and field experience in land surveying work, with a minimum of two
15 (2) years of progressive experience in land surveying work of a grade and
16 character satisfactory to the board and indicating that the applicant is
17 competent to practice land surveying; or
18 (c) Evidence that the applicant possesses knowledge and skill, satisfac-
19 tory to the board, similar to that attained upon completion of an approved
20 college curriculum, passage of an examination on the fundamentals of land
21 surveying acceptable to the board, and evidence of a specific record of at
22 least eight (8) years of combined office and field experience in land sur-
23 veying work with a minimum of three (3) years of progressive experience in
24 land surveying work of a grade and character satisfactory to the board and
25 indicating that the applicant is competent to practice land surveying.
26 (3) As an engineer-in-training:
27 (a) Graduation from or in the last two (2) semesters of an approved engi-
28 neering curriculum of four (4) years or more in a school or college
29 approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing and indicating
30 that the applicant is competent to enroll as an engineer-in-training; or
31 (b) Evidence satisfactory to the board that the applicant possesses
32 knowledge and skill approximating that attained through graduation from an
33 approved four (4) year engineering curriculum, graduation with a bachelor
34 degree in a related science from a school or college approved by the
35 board, and a specific record of one (1) year or more of progressive expe-
36 rience in engineering work of a character satisfactory to the board and
37 indicating that the applicant is competent to be enrolled as an engineer-
38 in-training.
39 (c) In the event the applicant qualifies for assignment to the examina-
40 tion during the last two (2) semesters of college under the provisions of
41 section 54-1212(3)(a), Idaho Code, and a passing grade is attained, a cer-
42 tificate will be issued only after the applicant graduates.
43 (4) As a land surveyor-in-training:
44 (a) Graduation from, or in the last two (2) semesters of, an approved
45 surveying curriculum of four (4) years or more in a school or college
46 approved by the board as being of satisfactory standing and indicating
47 that the applicant is competent to be enrolled as a land surveyor-in-
48 training; or
49 (b) At least sixty (60) semester hours of college level academic educa-
50 tion beyond high school, with a minimum of fifteen (15) credits in land
51 surveying, engineering, mathematics or related science, Evidence satisfac-
52 tory to the board that the applicant possesses knowledge and skill
53 approximating that attained through graduation from an approved four (4)
54 year surveying curriculum, graduation with a bachelor degree in a related
55 science from a school or college approved by the board, and in addition, a
3
1 specific record of three one (31) years or more of combined office and
2 field experience in land surveying work of a character satisfactory to the
3 board that the applicant is competent to be enrolled as a land surveyor-
4 in-training. In the event the applicant qualifies for assignment to the
5 examination during the last two (2) semesters of college under the provi-
6 sions of subsection (4)(a) of this section, and attains a passing grade, a
7 certificate shall be issued only after the applicant graduates; or
8 (c) Possesses knowledge and skill, satisfactory to the board, similar to
9 that attained upon completion of an approved college level academic cur-
10 riculum and evidence of a specific record of at least four (4) years expe-
11 rience of combined office and field experience of a character satisfactory
12 to the board that the applicant is competent to be enrolled as a land
13 surveyor-in-training.
14 In counting years of experience for assignment to the professional engi-
15 neer or professional land surveyor examination, the board may, at its discre-
16 tion, give credit, not in excess of one (1) year, for satisfactory graduate
17 study.
18 In considering the combined education and experience qualifications of
19 applicants, the board shall consider engineering teaching, land surveying
20 teaching, each year of satisfactory completion of undergraduate college educa-
21 tion, advanced degrees in engineering and advanced degrees in land surveying
22 in establishing the applicants' minimum composite knowledge and skill.
23 The mere execution, as a contractor, of work designed by a professional
24 engineer, or the supervision of the construction of such work as a foreman or
25 superintendent, shall not be deemed to be the practice of engineering, but if
26 such experience, in the opinion of the board, has involved responsible super-
27 vision of a character that will tend to expand the engineering knowledge and
28 skill of the applicant the board may in its discretion give such credit there-
29 for as it may deem proper.
30 Any person having the necessary qualifications prescribed in this chapter
31 to entitle him to registration shall be eligible for such registration
32 although he may not be practicing his profession at the time of making his
33 application.
34 SECTION 2. This act shall be in full force and effect on and after July
35 1, 2010.
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
RS 11949
The purpose of this legislation is to revise the general
requirements for examination and licensure of professional land
surveyors and land surveyors-in-training effective as of July 1, 2010
FISCAL IMPACT
No fiscal impact to the state.
Contact
Name: Rep Kent A. Higgins
Phone: 332-1000
STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE H 589