02/19/2013 01:30 PM Senate LABOR & COMMERCE

         SB  16-BD OF ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
1:30:34 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR DUNLEAVY  announced the  consideration of  SB 16  and asked                                                               
the  sponsor to  remind  the committee  of  what the  legislation                                                               
would do.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR CATHY  GIESSEL, sponsor  of SB 16,  explained that  SB 16                                                               
would  allow  the State  Board  of  Registration for  Architects,                                                               
Engineers and Land Surveyors (AELS)  to hire its own investigator                                                               
to execute investigations on complaints of its licensees.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
1:31:40 PM                                                                                                                    
DON  HABEGER, Director,  Division of  Corporations, Business  and                                                               
Professional  Licensing, Department  of  Commerce, Community  and                                                               
Economic Development (DCCED), introduced himself.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
SENATOR  OLSON  asked if  there  were  many violations  in  these                                                               
professions and how soon a second investigator might be needed.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR.  HABEGER explained  that  the  current investigator  conducts                                                               
investigations of  a number  of boards but  spends 80  percent of                                                               
the  time  on architect,  engineering  and  land surveyor  cases.                                                               
Under this  proposal the new  investigator would have  20 percent                                                               
more time to spend on AELS  cases and the existing position would                                                               
serve the other professions and  perhaps be able to accommodate a                                                               
request   from  the   construction  industry   to  conduct   more                                                               
investigations.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
1:32:55 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR ELLIS joined the committee.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CHAIR DUNLEAVY  found no questions, closed  public testimony, and                                                               
solicited a motion.                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
1:34:18 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR  STEDMAN  moved  to  report SB  16  from  committee  with                                                               
individual recommendations and attached fiscal note(s).                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
1:34:31 PM                                                                                                                    
CHAIR  DUNLEAVY announced  that  without objection,  SB 16  moved                                                               
from the Senate Labor and Commerce Standing Committee.