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HOUSE BILL NO. 331 – Landscape architects, license reqmt

HOUSE BILL NO. 331

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H0331......................................................by STATE AFFAIRS
LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS - Amends existing law relating to landscape
architecture to define terms; to revise qualifications for licensure; to
revise board membership terms; to revise board powers and duties; to revise
renewal and reinstatement provisions; to revise endorsement provisions; to
revise exemptions; to revise applicability; to provide for application of
seals for certification; to revise grounds for discipline; to provide for
appeals; and to revise violations and penalties.
                                                                        
03/05    House intro - 1st rdg - to printing
03/06    Rpt prt - to Bus
03/12    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/13    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/17    3rd rdg - PASSED - 67-3-0
      AYES -- Andersen, Barraclough, Barrett, Bauer, Bedke, Bell, Bieter,
      Black, Block, Boe, Bolz, Bradford, Campbell, Cannon, Clark, Collins,
      Crow, Cuddy, Deal, Denney, Douglas, Eberle, Edmunson, Ellsworth,
      Eskridge, Field(18), Field(23), Gagner, Garrett, Harwood, Henbest,
      Jaquet, Jones, Kellogg, Lake, Langhorst, Martinez, McGeachin,
      McKague, Meyer, Miller, Mitchell, Moyle, Naccarato, Nielsen,
      Raybould, Ridinger, Ring, Ringo, Roberts, Robison, Rydalch, Sayler,
      Schaefer, Shepherd, Shirley, Skippen, Smith(30), Smith(24), Smylie,
      Snodgrass, Stevenson, Tilman, Trail, Wills, Wood, Mr. Speaker
      NAYS -- Kulczyk, Langford, Sali
      Absent and excused -- None
    Floor Sponsor - Cannon
    Title apvd - to Senate
03/19    Senate intro - 1st rdg - to Com/HuRes
03/21    Rpt out - rec d/p - to 2nd rdg
03/24    2nd rdg - to 3rd rdg
03/26    3rd rdg - PASSED - 20-12-3
      AYES -- Andreason, Burkett, Compton, Davis, Gannon, Goedde, Hill,
      Ingram, Kennedy, Keough, Little, Malepeai, Marley, McWilliams, Noh,
      Richardson, Schroeder, Stegner, Stennett, Werk
      NAYS -- Bailey, Brandt, Burtenshaw, Cameron, Darrington, Geddes,
      Lodge, McKenzie, Noble, Pearce, Sweet, Williams
      Absent and excused -- Bunderson, Calabretta, Sorensen
    Floor Sponsor - Goedde
    Title apvd - to House
03/27    To enrol
03/28    Rpt enrol - Sp signed
03/31    Pres signed
04/01    To Governor
04/04    Governor signed
         Session Law Chapter 225
         Effective: 07/01/03

Bill Text


                                                                        
                                                                        
  ||||              LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF IDAHO             ||||
 Fifty-seventh Legislature                 First Regular Session - 2003
                                                                        
                                                                        
                              IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
                                                                        
                                     HOUSE BILL NO. 331
                                                                        
                                 BY STATE AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
                                                                        
  1                                        AN ACT
  2    RELATING TO LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS; AMENDING SECTION  54-3002,  IDAHO  CODE,  TO
  3        DEFINE  TERMS AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-3003,
  4        IDAHO CODE, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY, TO REVISE  QUALIFICATIONS  FOR
  5        LICENSURE,  TO  REVISE  BOARD MEMBERSHIP TERMS, TO REVISE BOARD POWERS AND
  6        DUTIES, TO REVISE RENEWAL AND REINSTATEMENT PROVISIONS, TO REVISE ENDORSE-
  7        MENT PROVISIONS, TO REVISE EXEMPTIONS TO INCLUDE  LAND  USE  PLANNERS,  TO
  8        MAKE GRAMMATICAL CHANGES, TO REVISE APPLICABILITY FOR INDIVIDUALS, TO PRO-
  9        VIDE  FOR  APPLICATION  OF SEALS FOR CERTIFICATION, TO CLARIFY APPLICATION
 10        AND TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS; AMENDING SECTION 54-3004,  IDAHO  CODE,
 11        TO  REVISE  GROUNDS FOR DISCIPLINE, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPEAL OF ANY BOARD
 12        ORDER, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY AND TO MAKE  TECHNICAL  CORRECTIONS;
 13        AND  AMENDING SECTION 54-3005, IDAHO CODE, TO REVISE VIOLATIONS AND PENAL-
 14        TIES, TO PROVIDE CORRECT TERMINOLOGY, TO MAKE TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS AND TO
 15        CORRECT A CODIFIER'S ERROR.
                                                                        
 16    Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Idaho:
                                                                        
 17        SECTION 1.  That Section 54-3002, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 18    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 19        54-3002.  DEFINITIONS. (a) As used in this act, chapter:
 20        (1)  "lLandscape architect" means a person who holds a certificate license
 21    to  practice  landscape architecture in the state of Idaho under the authority
 22    of this act chapter.
 23        (b2)  "Landscape architecture" means the performance of professional  ser-
 24    vices  such  as  consultations, investigation, reconnaissance, research, plan-
 25    ning, design or responsible supervision in connection with the development  of
 26    land  and  incidental  water  areas where, and to the extent that the dominant
 27    purpose of such services is the preservation, enhancement or determination  of
 28    proper   land   uses,  natural  land  features,  ground  cover  and  planting,
 29    naturalistic and aesthetic values, approaches to buildings, structures, facil-
 30    ities or other improvements, natural drainage and the consideration and deter-
 31    mination of inherent problems of the land relating to erosion, wear and  tear,
 32    light  or  other  hazards, but shall not include the application of geological
 33    principles. This practice shall include the location, design  and  arrangement
 34    of such tangible objects as pools, walls, steps, trellises, canopies, and fea-
 35    tures  as  are  incidental  and necessary to the purposes outlined herein, but
 36    shall not include the design of structures or  facilities  with  separate  and
 37    self-contained  purposes  for  habitation  or industry, such as are ordinarily
 38    included in the practice of engineering or architecture; and shall not include
 39    the making of cadastral surveys or final land plats for official recording  or
 40    approval.  It involves the design and arrangement of land forms and the devel-
 41    opment of outdoor space including, but not limited to, the  design  of  public
 42    parks,  playgrounds,  cemeteries, home and school grounds, and the development
 43    of industrial and recreational sites.
                                                                        
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  1        (c3)  "Board" means the Idaho state board of landscape architects.
  2        (d4)  "Department" means the department of self-governing agencies of  the
  3    state of Idaho.
  4        (5)  "Landscape  architect-in-training"  means  a  person  who has met the
  5    qualifications of section 54-3003(2), Idaho Code, and  is  working  under  the
  6    supervision  of  a  licensed  landscape  architect.  A landscape architect-in-
  7    training shall use the title "landscape architect-in-training"  in  accordance
  8    with board rule.
  9        (6)  "Public"  means  any person, firm, corporation, partnership, company,
 10    government agency, institution or any other entity recognized by law.
 11        (7)  "Rules of professional responsibility" means  those  rules,  if  any,
 12    promulgated by the board.
                                                                        
 13        SECTION  2.  That  Section 54-3003, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 14    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 15        54-3003.  QUALIFICATIONS -- EXAMINATIONS -- BOARD -- CERTIFICATES OF  REG-
 16    ISTRATION  LICENSES  -- FEES -- RECIPROCITY ENDORSEMENT -- EXEMPTIONS -- INDI-
 17    VIDUALS, PARTNERSHIPS AND CORPORATIONS -- RESTRICTION ON USE OF NAME --  SEAL.
 18    (a1)  Application  and  practice. In order to safeguard human health and prop-
 19    erty, and to promote the public welfare, any person in either public  or  pri-
 20    vate  capacity  practicing or offering to practice landscape architecture, for
 21    hire, shall be required to submit evidence that he is qualified of  qualifica-
 22    tions  to so  practice and shall be registered issued a license under the pro-
 23    visions of this act chapter.
 24        (b2)  Qualifications. For license licensure as a landscape architect, evi-
 25    dence must be submitted to the board that the applicant:
 26        (1a)  iIs eighteen (18) years of age or older;
 27        (2b)  hHas, before admission to the examination, completed the  course  of
 28        study  in  and been graduated from a college or school of landscape archi-
 29        tecture approved by the board. He shall also submit, before  admission  to
 30        the  examination,  evidence  of  actual  practical experience in landscape
 31        architectural work of grade and character satisfactory to the board.  Each
 32        complete  year  of  study  in such approved college or school of landscape
 33        architecture may be accepted in lieu of one (1) year of  such  experience,
 34        and the applicant must submit evidence of sufficient additional acceptable
 35        experience  to  total four (4) years of combined education and experience.
 36        In lieu of graduation from an accredited approved  college  or  school  of
 37        landscape  architecture, and the practical experience in addition thereto,
 38        an applicant may be admitted to the examination upon  presenting  evidence
 39        of  at  least  four  eight  (48) years of actual, practical  experience in
 40        landscape architectural work architecture of a grade and character  satis-
 41        factory to the board, as established by rule, that the applicant is compe-
 42        tent to practice landscape architecture.
 43        (c3)  Examinations.  Examinations  for  the  license  shall be held by the
 44    board at least once each year, provided  that  applications  shall  have  been
 45    received  during  the time announced. The board shall adopt rules covering the
 46    subjects and scope of the examinations at the times designated.  Every  appli-
 47    cant  for  license  as a landscape architect shall be required, in addition to
 48    all other requirements, to establish by written examination his competency  to
 49    plan,  design,  specify,  and  supervise  the installation and construction of
 50    landscape architectural projects. Each written examination may be supplemented
 51    by such oral examinations as the board may determine.
 52        (d4)  The board.
 53        (a)  There is hereby created in the department of self-governing  agencies
                                                                        
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  1        an  Idaho  state board of landscape architects. The board shall consist of
  2        three (3) landscape architects. Members of the board shall be appointed by
  3        the governor and must be residents of this state, have the  qualifications
  4        of  landscape  architects required by this act chapter, and after the ini-
  5        tial board is organized be licensed hereunder. The terms of the members of
  6        the board first appointed shall expire as follows:
  7        Two (2) members two (2) years later, one (1) member three (3) years later.
  8        Thereafter, appointments shall be for four (4) years. terms.  Each  member
  9        shall  hold  office until the appointment and qualification of his succes-
 10        sor. Vacancies occurring prior to the expiration  of  the  term  shall  be
 11        filled by appointment in like manner for the unexpired term.
 12        (b)  The  board  may shall have, in addition to the powers set forth else-
 13        where in this chapter, the following powers and duties:
 14             (i)   To authorize, by written agreement,  authorize  the  bureau  of
 15             occupational licenses to act as agent in its interest, and shall have
 16             the power to make such rules as shall be necessary in the performance
 17             of its duties;
 18             (ii)  To adopt rules of professional responsibility;
 19             (iii) To adopt rules requiring the completion of continuing education
 20             by each licensee on an annual basis;
 21             (iv)  The  board,  or  its duly appointed hearing officer, shall have
 22             the power in any disciplinary proceeding  against  a  licensee  under
 23             this  chapter,  to  administer  oaths,  take depositions of witnesses
 24             within or outside of the state in the manner provided by law in civil
 25             cases, and to apply to any district court of this state  for  a  sub-
 26             poena  to require the attendance of such witnesses and the production
 27             of such books, records and papers as the board deems necessary  in  a
 28             disciplinary  proceeding  against a licensee. The fees and mileage of
 29             the witnesses shall be the same  as  that  allowed  in  the  district
 30             courts in criminal cases, which fees and mileage shall be paid in the
 31             same  manner as other board expenses. In any case of disobedience to,
 32             or neglect of, any subpoena or subpoena duces tecum served  upon  any
 33             person,  or  refusal  of  any  witness to testify to any matter about
 34             which he may lawfully be interrogated, it shall be the  duty  of  any
 35             district  court  in  this state on application by the board to compel
 36             compliance with the subpoena by conducting proceedings for  contempt,
 37             as  in  the  case  of  disobedience of the requirements of a subpoena
 38             issued from such  court  or  for  refusal  to  testify  therein.  The
 39             licensed person accused in such proceedings shall have the same right
 40             of subpoena.
 41        (c)  The board shall elect, at its first meeting of every calendar year, a
 42        chairman from its members, a president, and a secretary who may or may not
 43        be  a  member  of  the  board. The secretary shall hold such office at the
 44        pleasure of the board and shall receive a salary fixed by  the  board.  In
 45        carrying  out the provisions of this act chapter, all members of the board
 46        shall be compensated as provided by section 59-509(m), Idaho Code. Payment
 47        of travel and other expenses shall be made from the occupational  licenses
 48        fund.
 49        (e5)  Renewal  and  reinstatement -- Revenue. Certificates of registration
 50    shall expire on the last day of June  following  their  issuance  or  renewal.
 51    Renewal  may  be  effected during the month of June by payment to the board of
 52    the required fee.
 53        (1a)  In case any registrant fails to pay the renewal  fee  before  thirty
 54        (30)  days  after  the  due date, the renewal fee shall be the current fee
 55        plus an amount set by the board; provided, that  any  registrant  in  good
                                                                        
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  1        standing,  upon  fully retiring from landscape architectural practice, may
  2        withdraw from practice by giving written  notice  to  the  board  and  may
  3        thereafter  resume  practice  at any time upon payment of the then current
  4        renewal fee. Any registrant, other than a properly withdrawn licensee, who
  5        fails to renew his registration for a period of one (1) year may be  rein-
  6        stated  only on reexamination as is required for new registrants, or reci-
  7        procity. The board shall issue  a  receipt  to  each  landscape  architect
  8        promptly upon payment of the annual license fee All licenses issued  under
  9        the  provisions  of  this  chapter  shall be subject to annual renewal and
 10        shall expire unless renewed in the manner prescribed by the board  regard-
 11        ing  applications  for  renewal,  continuing  education, and fees. License
 12        renewal and reinstatement shall be in  accordance  with  section  67-2614,
 13        Idaho Code.
 14        (2b)  Amounts.  The  amount  of  fees  shall be as determined by the board
 15        within the following stated limits:
 16             (Ai)   The application fee not to exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
 17             (Bii)  The fee for examination to be established by board rule not to
 18             exceed that charged by the council of landscape architectural  regis-
 19             tration board plus a twenty-five dollar ($25.00) processing fee.
 20             (Ciii) The  fee  for  an  original certificate license and the annual
 21             license fee not to exceed one hundred twenty-five dollars ($125).
 22        (3c)  Refund. Fees shall be nonrefundable.
 23        (4d)  Deposit. All fees received under the provisions of this act  chapter
 24        shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the occupational
 25        licenses  fund  and all costs and expenses incurred by the board under the
 26        provisions of this act chapter shall be a charge  against  and  paid  from
 27        said  fund  for  such purposes, and the funds collected hereunder shall be
 28        immediately available for the administration of this act chapter, the pro-
 29        visions of any other law notwithstanding. In no instance will the  occupa-
 30        tional  licenses  fund be obligated to pay any claims which that in aggre-
 31        gate with claims already  paid  exceed  the  income  to  the  occupational
 32        licenses  fund which has been derived by the application of this act chap-
 33        ter.
 34        (5e)  Appropriation. The money paid into the occupational licenses fund is
 35        continuously appropriated to the board for expenditure in the manner  pre-
 36        scribed herein to defray the expenses of the board and in carrying out and
 37        enforcing the provisions of this act chapter.
 38        (f6)  Reciprocal Endorsement provisions. The board  may certify for regis-
 39    tration approve for licensure:
 40        (a)  An individual with a current council of landscape architecture regis-
 41        tration board (CLARB) certification; or
 42        (b)  Wwith  limited  examination an applicant who is legally registered or
 43        licensed as a landscape architect in any  other  state  or  country  whose
 44        requirements  for  registration  or  licensure  are at least substantially
 45        equivalent to the requirements of this state.
 46        (g7)  Exemptions.
 47        (1a)  None of the provisions of this act chapter shall  prevent  employees
 48        of those lawfully practicing as landscape architects from acting under the
 49        instruction, control or supervision of their employers.
 50        (2b)  None  of the provisions of this act chapter shall apply to the busi-
 51        ness conducted in this state by  any  land  use  planner,  horticulturist,
 52        nurseryman,  or  landscape nurseryman, gardener, landscape gardener, land-
 53        scape designer, or landscape contractor,  as  these  terms  are  generally
 54        used,  or  any other person, including, but not limited to, their right to
 55        plan and supervise in connection therewith, except  that  no  such  person
                                                                        
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  1        shall use the designation "landscape architect," "landscape architecture,"
  2        or  any description tending to convey the impression that he is they are a
  3        registered licensed  landscape architect unless he is they are  registered
  4        as provided in this act chapter.
  5        (3c)  This  act  chapter shall not apply to architects, professional engi-
  6        neers, geologists, and land surveyors, licensed to practice their  respec-
  7        tive professions.
  8        (h8)  Act This chapter applies to natural persons individuals only.
  9        (1a)  All certificates of registration licenses shall be issued to natural
 10        persons  individuals  only but nothing contained in this act chapter shall
 11        prevent a duly registered licensed landscape architect from performing his
 12        rendering professional services for a corporation, firm,  partnership,  or
 13        association.
 14        (2b)  Partners.  Each  partner  in  a  partnership of landscape architects
 15        shall be registered licensed to practice landscape architecture or to pro-
 16        vide allied professional services as defined  in  section  30-1303,  Idaho
 17        Code.  Subject  to this requirement, a partnership of landscape architects
 18        may use a partnership name if such name consists of:
 19             (Ai)   The names of two (2) or more landscape architects.
 20             (Bii)  The names of one (1) or more landscape architects and one  (1)
 21             or more professional engineers, or architects, or planners.
 22        (3c)  Any  person applying to the licensing official of any county or city
 23        for a business license to practice landscape  architecture  shall  at  the
 24        time  of  such application exhibit to such licensing official satisfactory
 25        evidence under the seal of the board and the hand of  its  secretary  that
 26        such  applicant  possesses a current registration Idaho license. The busi-
 27        ness license shall not be granted until such evidence  is  presented,  any
 28        contrary provision of any special act or general act notwithstanding.
 29        (i9)  Qualifications for practice -- sSeal:
 30        (1a)  No  person  shall  use  the  designation  "landscape  architect"  or
 31        "landscape architecture," or advertise any title or description tending to
 32        convey  the  impression  that  he  the person is a landscape architect, or
 33        practicing landscape architecture, unless  such  person  is  a  registered
 34        licensed  landscape  architect. Every holder of a registration certificate
 35        license shall display it in his the principal office, place  of  business,
 36        or place of employment.
 37        (2b)  Every  landscape  architect shall have a seal approved by the board,
 38        which shall contain the name of the  landscape  architect  and  the  words
 39        "Registered "Licensed Landscape Architect, State of Idaho," and such other
 40        words  or figures as the board may deem necessary and prescribe. All draw-
 41        ings and title pages of specifications,
 42             (i)   The seal may be a rubber stamp  or  an  electronically  applied
 43             seal.  Whenever the seal is applied, the licensee's written signature
 44             and the date shall be adjacent to or across the seal. The seal,  sig-
 45             nature  and  date  shall be placed on all final reports, drawings and
 46             title pages of specifications, design information  and  calculations.
 47             Whenever  presented to a client or to the public, such documents that
 48             are not final and do not contain a seal, signature and date, shall be
 49             clearly marked as "preliminary," "draft," "not for  construction"  or
 50             similar words to distinguish the documents from a finished product.
 51             (ii)  The  application of the licensee's seal, signature and the date
 52             shall constitute certification that the work thereon was prepared  by
 53             such  landscape  architect or under the supervision of such landscape
 54             architect, shall be stamped with the aforesaid  seal.  Each  plan  or
 55             drawing  sheet  shall  be  sealed  and  signed by the licensee or the
                                                                        
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  1             licensee's agent responsible for each sheet. The principal  landscape
  2             architect  in  charge  shall  sign and seal the title or first sheet.
  3             Copies of  electronically  produced  documents  listed  in  paragraph
  4             (b)(i) of this subsection that are distributed for informational use,
  5             such  as  for  bidding purposes or working copies, may be issued with
  6             the licensee's seal and a notice that the  original  document  is  on
  7             file  with  the  licensee's  signature  and date. The words "original
  8             signed by:" and "date signed:" shall be placed adjacent to or  across
  9             the  seal  of  the  electronic  original. The storage location of the
 10             original documents shall also be provided. Only  the  title  page  of
 11             reports,  specifications  and  like  documents need bear the seal and
 12             signature of the licensee and the date.
 13             (iii) Nothing contained herein shall be construed to permit the  seal
 14             of  a  landscape  architect to serve practice as a substitute for the
 15             seal of a licensed architect, a licensed professional engineer  or  a
 16             licensed  land  surveyor  as  these  professions are defined by Idaho
 17             Code; provided however, nothing contained herein shall  be  construed
 18             to  prevent a landscape architect from practicing landscape architec-
 19             ture.
                                                                        
 20        SECTION 3.  That Section 54-3004, Idaho Code, be, and the same  is  hereby
 21    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 22        54-3004.  DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS. Upon giving at least twenty (20) days'
 23    notice  of  its  intended  action,  and  affording the holder of a certificate
 24    license an opportunity for a hearing to be conducted under the  provisions  of
 25    chapter  52,  title  67,  Idaho Code, the board may refuse to issue, refuse to
 26    renew, revoke or suspend the registration license of any  landscape  architect
 27    upon the following grounds:
 28        (a1)  fFraud  or deception in procuring  the certification application for
 29    or the procurement of a license or in passing any  of  the  examinations  pre-
 30    scribed by this act chapter;
 31        (b2)  cConviction of a felony by a court of competent jurisdiction;
 32        (c3)  gGross  incompetency  negligence in the practice of landscape archi-
 33    tecture;
 34        (d4)  fFraud or deceit in the performance   practice  of  official  duties
 35    landscape architecture;
 36        (e5)  for wWillful violation of any of the provisions  of this act chapter
 37    or  any  of the rules promulgated by the board under the authority of this act
 38    chapter.
 39        The board may reinstate any revoked  or  suspended  certification  license
 40    upon such terms as it may impose.
 41        An  appeal  of any order of the board suspending or revoking the registra-
 42    tion of a landscape architect may be taken to the district court of either Ada
 43    county or the county in which the  holder  of  the  certificate  applicant  or
 44    licensee resides, in accordance with chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code.
                                                                        
 45        SECTION  4.  That  Section 54-3005, Idaho Code, be, and the same is hereby
 46    amended to read as follows:
                                                                        
 47        54-3005.  VIOLATIONS AND PENALTIES. (1) It shall be a  violation  for  any
 48    person to:
 49        (a)  oOffer  to practice or hold himself out represent oneself as entitled
 50        to practice landscape architecture, unless duly  licensed  and  registered
 51        under this act chapter;
                                                                        
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  1        (b)  present as his own Attempt to use the license of another;
  2        (c)  gGive  false or forged evidence to the board or any member thereof in
  3        obtaining a license;
  4        (d)  fFalsely impersonate any other practitioner,  of  like  or  different
  5        names;
  6        (e)  oOtherwise violate any of the provisions of this act chapter.
  7        Such  violation  shall be punishable by a fine of not more than five  hun-
  8    dred dollars ($500) misdemeanor. Each act under this section shall be  treated
  9    as a separate offense.
 10        (2)  Prosecution  of  violations:. All violations of this act chapter when
 11    reported to the board and duly substantiated by affidavits or other  satisfac-
 12    tory  evidence  shall  be  investigated  by it the board, and if the report is
 13    found to be true and the evidence substantiated, the board shall  report  such
 14    violations  to  the  county  attorney  of  the  county  in which the violation
 15    occurred and request prompt prosecution.

Statement of Purpose / Fiscal Impact



                       STATEMENT OF PURPOSE
                             RS 13130
The intent of this bill is to clarify qualifications and
definitions.  It includes language requiring licenses instead of 
certificates of registration and adds "endorsement" instead of 
"reciprocity".  It changes the annual renewal date to the birth
date of the applicant.  It exempts Land Use Planners from these
provisions.  It adds language dealing with electronically applied
seals.


                          FISCAL IMPACT
There will be no impact on general or dedicated funds.




Contact
Name: Rayola Jacobson, Bureau of Occupational Licensing 
Phone: 208/334-3233




STATEMENT OF PURPOSE/FISCAL NOTE                H 331