CSSB 320(L&C): "An Act relating to architects, engineers, and land surveyors."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 320(L&C) 01 "An Act relating to architects, engineers, and land surveyors." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 08.48.011(b) is amended to read: 04 (b) The board consists of nine members appointed by the governor having the 05 qualifications as set out in AS 08.48.031. The board consists of two civil engineers, 06 three [ONE LAND SURVEYOR, ONE MINING ENGINEER, TWO] engineers from 07 other branches of the profession of engineering, two architects, one land surveyor, and 08 one public member. 09 * Sec. 2. AS 08.48.191(b) is amended to read: 10 (b) A person holding a certificate of registration authorizing the person to 11 practice engineering in a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District 12 of Columbia, or a foreign country, that, in the opinion of the board meets the 13 requirements of this chapter, based on verified evidence, may, upon application, be 14 registered in accordance with regulations of the board. [A PERSON HOLDING A
01 CERTIFICATE OF QUALIFICATION ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL COUNCIL OF 02 ENGINEERING EXAMINERS COMMITTEE ON NATIONAL ENGINEERING 03 CERTIFICATION MAY, UPON APPLICATION, BE REGISTERED IN 04 ACCORDANCE WITH THE REGULATIONS OF THE BOARD.] 05 * Sec. 3. AS 08.48.321 is amended to read: 06 Sec. 08.48.321. EVIDENCE OF PRACTICE. A person practices or offers to 07 practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying who 08 (1) practices a branch of the profession of architecture, engineering, or 09 land surveying as defined in AS 08.48.341; 10 (2) by verbal claim, sign, advertisement, letterhead, card, or other 11 means represents to be an architect, engineer, or land surveyor, or through the use of 12 some other title implies that the person is an architect, engineer, or land surveyor; or 13 (3) holds out as able to perform or who does perform an architectural, 14 engineering, or land surveying service recognized by the professions covered by this 15 chapter, and specified in regulations of the board, as architectural, engineering, or land 16 surveying. 17 * Sec. 4. AS 08.48.331 is amended to read: 18 Sec. 08.48.331. EXEMPTIONS. This chapter does not apply to 19 (1) a contractor performing work designed by a professional architect 20 or engineer or the supervision of the construction of the work as a supervisor or 21 superintendent for a contractor; 22 (2) workers in building trades crafts, superintendents, supervisors, or 23 inspectors in the performance of their customary duties; 24 (3) an officer or employee of the United States government practicing 25 architecture, engineering, or land surveying as required by the person's official 26 capacity; 27 (4) an employee or a subordinate of a person registered under this 28 chapter if the work or service is done under the direct supervision of a person 29 registered under this chapter; 30 (5) associates, consultants, or specialists retained by a registered 31 individual, a partnership of registered individuals, or a corporation authorized to
01 practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying under this chapter, in the 02 performance of professional services if responsible charge of the work remains with 03 the individual, the partnership, or a designated representative of the corporation; 04 (6) a person preparing drawings or specifications for 05 (A) a building for the person's own use and occupancy as a 06 single family residence; 07 (B) farm or ranch buildings, unless the public health, safety, or 08 welfare is involved; 09 (C) a building that is intended to be used only as a residence 10 by not more than four families and that is not more than two stories high; 11 (D) a garage, workshop, or similar building that contains less 12 than 2,000 square feet of floor space to be used for a private noncommercial 13 purpose; 14 (7) a specialty contractor licensed under AS 08.18 while engaged in the 15 business of construction contracting or designing systems for work within the specialty 16 to be performed or supervised by the specialty contractor, or a contractor preparing 17 shop or field drawings for work that the specialty contractor has contracted to perform; 18 (8) a person furnishing drawings, specifications, instruments of service, 19 or other data for alterations or repairs to a building that do not change or affect the 20 structural system or the safety of the building, or that do not affect the public health, 21 safety, or welfare; 22 (9) a person who is employed by a postsecondary educational 23 institution to teach engineering or [,] architectural [, OR LAND SURVEYING] 24 courses; in this paragraph, "postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning 25 given in AS 14.48.210. 26 * Sec. 5. AS 08.48.341(10) is amended to read: 27 (10) "practice of land surveying" means the teaching of land 28 surveying courses at an institution of higher learning, or any service or work the 29 adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the 30 principles of mathematics, the physical and applied related sciences, and the relevant 31 requirements of law for adequate evidence of the act of measuring and locating land,
01 lines, angles, elevations, natural and manmade features in the air, on the surface 02 of the earth, within underground workings, and on the beds of bodies of water for 03 the purpose of determining areas and volumes, geodetic and cadastral surveys for 04 the location and monumentation of property boundaries, for the platting and planning 05 of land and subdivisions of land, including the topography, alignment, and grades 06 for streets, and for the preparation and perpetuation of maps, record plats, field note 07 records, and property descriptions that represent these surveys;