Enrolled HB 377: Relating to an exemption from certain registration and practice requirements for persons preparing drawings or specifications related to the construction of certain buildings and the grounds of the buildings.
00Enrolled HB 377 01 Relating to an exemption from certain registration and practice requirements for persons 02 preparing drawings or specifications related to the construction of certain buildings and the 03 grounds of the buildings. 04 _______________ 05 * Section 1. AS 08.48.331(a) is amended to read: 06 (a) This chapter does not apply to 07 (1) a contractor performing work designed by a professional architect, 08 engineer, or landscape architect or the supervision of the construction of the work as a 09 supervisor or superintendent for a contractor; 10 (2) workers in building trades crafts, earthwork, grounds keeping, or 11 nursery operations, and superintendents, supervisors, or inspectors in the performance 12 of their customary duties; 13 (3) an officer or employee of the United States government practicing 14 architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture as required by the
01 person's official capacity; 02 (4) an employee or a subordinate of a person registered under this 03 chapter if the work or service is done under the direct supervision of a person 04 registered under this chapter; 05 (5) associates, consultants, or specialists retained by a registered 06 individual, a partnership of registered individuals, a corporation, a limited liability 07 company, or a limited liability partnership authorized to practice architecture, 08 engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture under this chapter, in the 09 performance of professional services if responsible charge of the work remains with 10 the individual, the partnership, or a designated representative of the corporation, 11 limited liability company, or limited liability partnership; 12 (6) a person preparing drawings or specifications for 13 (A) a building for the person's own use and occupancy as a 14 single family residence and related site work for that building; 15 (B) farm or ranch buildings and their grounds unless the public 16 health, safety, or welfare is involved; 17 (C) a building that is intended to be used only as a residence by 18 not more than 19 (i) four families and that is not more than two stories 20 high and the grounds of the building; or 21 (ii) two families and that is not more than three 22 stories high and the grounds of the building, if the building is 23 located in a municipality that has adopted a building or residential 24 code that applies to the building and if the building complies with 25 the building or residential code; 26 (D) a garage, workshop, or similar building that contains less 27 than 2,000 square feet of floor space to be used for a private noncommercial 28 purpose and the grounds of the building; 29 (7) a specialty contractor licensed under AS 08.18 while engaged in 30 the business of construction contracting or designing systems for work within the 31 specialty to be performed or supervised by the specialty contractor, or a contractor
01 preparing shop or field drawings for work that the specialty contractor has contracted 02 to perform; 03 (8) a person furnishing drawings, specifications, instruments of 04 service, or other data for alterations or repairs to a building or its grounds that do not 05 change or affect the structural system or the safety of the building, or that do not affect 06 the public health, safety, or welfare; 07 (9) a person who is employed by a postsecondary educational 08 institution to teach engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural courses; in 09 this paragraph, "postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning given in 10 AS 14.48.210; 11 (10) an officer or employee of an individual, firm, partnership, 12 association, utility, corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability 13 partnership, who practices engineering involved in the operation of the employer's 14 business only, and further provided that neither the employee nor the employer offers 15 engineering services to the public; exclusions under this paragraph do not apply to 16 buildings or structures whose primary use is public occupancy; 17 (11) a person while involved in revegetation, restoration, reclamation, 18 rehabilitation, or erosion control for disturbed land; 19 (12) a person while maintaining or directing the placement of plant 20 material; 21 (13) an employee, officer, or agent of a regulatory agency of the state 22 or a municipality when reviewing drawings and specifications for compliance with the 23 building codes of the state or a municipality if the drawings and specifications have 24 been signed and sealed by a professional architect or professional engineer or the 25 preparation of the drawings and specifications is exempt under this section from the 26 requirements of this chapter; in this paragraph, "building codes" includes codes 27 relating to building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and fire standards.