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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 - 2006
IN 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 of three (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.
39 B.(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.
43 C.(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