00 CS FOR SENATE BILL NO. 263(L&C) 01 "An Act relating to the State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers, and Land 02 Surveyors; and relating to an exemption for persons authorized by the Department of 03 Public Safety who are engaged in the design of fire detection and suppression systems 04 from registration as architects, engineers, land surveyors, or landscape architects." 05 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 06 * Section 1. AS 08.48.011 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 07 (c) Notwithstanding (b) of this section, if a mining engineer who qualifies for 08 appointment to the board and is interested in serving on the board is not available, the 09 governor may appoint a petroleum or chemical engineer to the seat designated for a 10 mining engineer. 11 * Sec. 2. AS 08.48.331(a) is amended to read: 12 (a) This chapter does not apply to 13 (1) a contractor performing work designed by a professional architect, 14 engineer, or landscape architect or the supervision of the construction of the work as a 01 supervisor or superintendent for a contractor; 02 (2) workers in building trades crafts, earthwork, grounds keeping, or 03 nursery operations, and superintendents, supervisors, or inspectors in the performance 04 of their customary duties; 05 (3) an officer or employee of the United States government practicing 06 architecture, engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture as required by the 07 person's official capacity; 08 (4) an employee or a subordinate of a person registered under this 09 chapter if the work or service is done under the direct supervision of a person 10 registered under this chapter; 11 (5) associates, consultants, or specialists retained by a registered 12 individual, a partnership of registered individuals, a corporation, a limited liability 13 company, or a limited liability partnership authorized to practice architecture, 14 engineering, land surveying, or landscape architecture under this chapter, in the 15 performance of professional services if responsible charge of the work remains with 16 the individual, the partnership, or a designated representative of the corporation, 17 limited liability company, or limited liability partnership; 18 (6) a person preparing drawings or specifications for 19 (A) a building for the person's own use and occupancy as a 20 single family residence and related site work for that building; 21 (B) farm or ranch buildings and their grounds unless the public 22 health, safety, or welfare is involved; 23 (C) a building that is intended to be used only as a residence by 24 not more than 25 (i) four families and that is not more than two stories 26 high and the grounds of the building; or 27 (ii) two families and that is not more than three stories 28 high and the grounds of the building, if the building is located in a 29 municipality that has adopted a building or residential code that applies 30 to the building and if the building complies with the building or 31 residential code; 01 (D) a garage, workshop, or similar building that contains less 02 than 2,000 square feet of floor space to be used for a private noncommercial 03 purpose and the grounds of the building; 04 (7) a specialty contractor licensed under AS 08.18 while engaged in 05 the business of construction contracting or designing systems for work within the 06 specialty to be performed or supervised by the specialty contractor, or a contractor 07 preparing shop or field drawings for work that the specialty contractor has contracted 08 to perform; 09 (8) a person furnishing drawings, specifications, instruments of 10 service, or other data for alterations or repairs to a building or its grounds that do not 11 change or affect the structural system or the safety of the building, or that do not affect 12 the public health, safety, or welfare; 13 (9) a person who is employed by a postsecondary educational 14 institution to teach engineering, architectural, or landscape architectural courses; in 15 this paragraph, "postsecondary educational institution" has the meaning given in 16 AS 14.48.210; 17 (10) an officer or employee of an individual, firm, partnership, 18 association, utility, corporation, limited liability company, or limited liability 19 partnership, who practices engineering involved in the operation of the employer's 20 business only, and further provided that neither the employee nor the employer offers 21 engineering services to the public; exclusions under this paragraph do not apply to 22 buildings or structures whose primary use is public occupancy; 23 (11) a person while involved in revegetation, restoration, reclamation, 24 rehabilitation, or erosion control for disturbed land; 25 (12) a person while maintaining or directing the placement of plant 26 material; 27 (13) an employee, officer, or agent of a regulatory agency of the state 28 or a municipality when reviewing drawings and specifications for compliance with the 29 building codes of the state or a municipality if the drawings and specifications have 30 been signed and sealed by a professional architect or professional engineer or the 31 preparation of the drawings and specifications is exempt under this section from the 01 requirements of this chapter; in this paragraph, "building codes" includes codes 02 relating to building, mechanical, plumbing, electrical, and fire standards; 03 (14) a person who is designing fire detection or suppression 04 systems and is authorized by the Department of Public Safety to design fire 05 detection or suppression systems.