CSSB 87(STA): "An Act relating to regulation of architects, engineers, and land surveyors; extending the termination date of the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land Surveyors; and providing for an effective date."
00CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 87(STA) 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, 2001 [1997]; 08 * Sec. 2. AS 08.48.011(b) is amended to read: 09 (b) The board consists of 10 [NINE] members appointed by the governor 10 having the qualifications as set out in AS 08.48.031. The board consists of two civil 11 engineers, two [ONE] land surveyors [SURVEYOR], one mining engineer, one 12 electrical or mechanical engineer, one engineer [TWO ENGINEERS] from another 13 branch [OTHER BRANCHES] of the profession of engineering, two architects, and 14 one public member.
01 * Sec. 3. AS 08.48.051 is amended to read: 02 Sec. 08.48.051. Organization and meetings. The board shall hold at least 03 four regular meetings each year. Special meetings may be held as the bylaws of the 04 board provide. The board shall elect or appoint annually from its members the 05 following officers: chair, vice-chair, [PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT] and 06 secretary. [A QUORUM OF THE BOARD CONSISTS OF NOT LESS THAN FIVE 07 MEMBERS.] 08 * Sec. 4. AS 08.48.091 is amended to read: 09 Sec. 08.48.091. Written examinations. Written examinations shall be held 10 at least once [TWICE] each year at places determined by the board [UNLESS THE 11 EXAMINATION ADMINISTERED BY THE BOARD IS A NATIONAL 12 EXAMINATION PREPARED ONLY ONCE EACH YEAR, IN WHICH CASE THE 13 EXAMINATION SHALL BE HELD AT LEAST ONCE EACH YEAR]. A candidate 14 failing an examination may apply for reexamination in accordance with regulations 15 adopted by the board. 16 * Sec. 5. AS 08.48.141 is amended to read: 17 Sec. 08.48.141. Legal counsel. The attorney general of the state shall act as 18 legal advisor to the board and render legal assistance upon request of its chair 19 [PRESIDENT]. 20 * Sec. 6. AS 08.48.331 is amended to read: 21 Sec. 08.48.331. Exemptions. This chapter does not apply to 22 (1) a contractor performing work designed by a professional architect 23 or engineer or the supervision of the construction of the work as a supervisor or 24 superintendent for a contractor; 25 (2) workers in building trades crafts, superintendents, supervisors, or 26 inspectors in the performance of their customary duties; 27 (3) an officer or employee of the United States government practicing 28 architecture, engineering, or land surveying as required by the person's official 29 capacity; 30 (4) an employee or a subordinate of a person registered under this 31 chapter if the work or service is done under the direct supervision of a person
01 registered under this chapter; 02 (5) associates, consultants, or specialists retained by a registered 03 individual, a partnership of registered individuals, or a corporation authorized to 04 practice architecture, engineering, or land surveying under this chapter, in the 05 performance of professional services if responsible charge of the work remains with 06 the individual, the partnership, or a designated representative of the corporation; 07 (6) a person preparing drawings or specifications for 08 (A) a building for the person's own use and occupancy as a 09 single family residence; 10 (B) farm or ranch buildings, unless the public health, safety, or 11 welfare is involved; 12 (C) a building that is intended to be used only as a residence 13 by not more than four families and that is not more than two stories high; 14 (D) a garage, workshop, or similar building that contains less 15 than 2,000 square feet of floor space to be used for a private noncommercial 16 purpose; 17 (7) a specialty contractor licensed under AS 08.18 while engaged in the 18 business of construction contracting or designing systems for work within the specialty 19 to be performed or supervised by the specialty contractor, or a contractor preparing 20 shop or field drawings for work that the specialty contractor has contracted to perform; 21 (8) a person furnishing drawings, specifications, instruments of service, 22 or other data for alterations or repairs to a building that do not change or affect the 23 structural system or the safety of the building, or that do not affect the public health, 24 safety, or welfare; 25 (9) a person who is employed by a postsecondary educational 26 institution to teach engineering or [,] architectural [, OR LAND SURVEYING] 27 courses; in this paragraph, "postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning 28 given in AS 14.48.210; 29 (10) an officer or employee of an individual, firm, partnership, 30 association, utility, or corporation, who practices engineering involved in the operation 31 of the employer's business only, and further provided that neither the employee nor
01 the employer offers engineering services to the public; exclusions under this paragraph 02 do not apply to buildings or structures whose primary use is public occupancy. 03 * Sec. 7. AS 08.48.341(10) is amended to read: 04 (10) "practice of land surveying" means the teaching of land 05 surveying courses at an institution of higher learning, or any service or work the 06 adequate performance of which involves the application of special knowledge of the 07 principles of mathematics, the related physical and applied sciences, and the relevant 08 requirements of law for adequate evidence of the act of measuring and locating land, 09 geodetic and cadastral surveys for the location and monumentation of property 10 boundaries, for the platting and planning of land and subdivisions of land, including 11 the topography, alignment, and grades for streets, and for the preparation and 12 perpetuation of maps, record plats, field note records, and property descriptions that 13 represent these surveys; 14 * Sec. 8. AS 08.48.071(c)(1) and 08.48.071(c)(2) are repealed. 15 * Sec. 9. TRANSITION. Notwithstanding AS 08.48.011(b), as amended by sec. 2 of this 16 Act, a person who holds a seat on the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, 17 and Land Surveyors on July 1, 1997, may serve the remainder of the person's term of office. 18 The governor shall implement the changes made by this Act as seats on the board become 19 vacant. 20 * Sec. 10. This Act takes effect July 1, 1997.