00HOUSE BILL NO. 133                                                                                                      
01 "An Act relating to regulation of architects, engineers, and land surveyors;                                            
02 extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects,                                       
03 Engineers, and Land Surveyors; and providing for an effective date."                                                    
04 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA:                                                                
05    * Section 1.  AS 08.03.010(c)(3) is amended to read:                                                                 
06   (3)  State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land                                                 
07 Surveyors (AS 08.48.011) -- June 30, 2003 [1997];                                                                     
08    * Sec. 2.  AS 08.48.011(b) is amended to read:                                                                       
09  (b)  The board consists of nine members appointed by the governor having the                                          
10 qualifications as set out in AS 08.48.031.  The board consists of two civil engineers,                                  
11 one land surveyor, three [ONE MINING ENGINEER, TWO] engineers from other                                              
12 branches of the profession of engineering, two architects, and one public member.                                       
13    * Sec. 3.  AS 08.48.091 is amended to read:                                                                          
14  Sec. 08.48.091.  Written examinations.  Written examinations shall be held                                            

01 at least twice each year at places determined by the board unless the examination                                       
02 administered by the board is a national examination prepared only once each year, in                                    
03 which case the examination shall be held at least once each year.  A candidate failing                                  
04 an examination may apply for reexamination.  The board shall approve an                                                
05 application for reexamination if                                                                                        
06   (1)  not more than five years have elapsed from the date of the                                                      
07 candidate's first examination; or                                                                                       
08   (2)  the candidate demonstrates to the satisfaction of the board that                                                
09 the candidate has completed additional relevant training or education since the                                         
10 candidate's most recent failure to pass the examination.                                                               
11    * Sec. 4.  AS 08.48.191(a) is amended to read:                                                                       
12  (a)  A person holding a certificate of registration authorizing the person to                                         
13 practice architecture in another jurisdiction and [A STATE, TERRITORY, OR                                             
14 POSSESSION OF THE UNITED STATES, THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, OR A                                                         
15 FOREIGN COUNTRY, OR] holding a certificate of qualification issued by the                                               
16 National Council of Architectural Registration Board [,] that [, IN THE OPINION OF                                      
17 THE BOARD,] meets the requirements of the state board as established in                                                
18 regulations [THIS CHAPTER, BASED ON VERIFIED EVIDENCE,] may, upon                                                      
19 application, be registered in accordance with the regulations of the board.                                             
20    * Sec. 5.  AS 08.48.071(c)(1) and 08.48.071(c)(2) are repealed.                                                      
21    * Sec. 6.  This Act takes effect July 1, 1997.