04/07/1994 01:50 PM Senate L&C

  CHAIRMAN TIM KELLY  called the Labor and Commerce Committee meeting     g    
 to order at 1:50 p.m.                                                         
                                                                               
 The first order of business to come before the committee was  SB 305     5    
 (LICENSING OF LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS).                                          
                                                                               
 SENATOR SUZANNE LITTLE, prime sponsor of SB 305, outlined the                 
 following changes in the draft committee substitute:                          
                                                                               
  (1)  The original draft of the bill added two members to the                 
 State Board of Registration for Architects, Engineers and Land                
 Surveyors.  That has been removed in the committee substitute and             
 it will remain at nine voting members on the board.  The committee            
 substitute provides that there will be additional nonvoting                   
 landscape architect on the board for one year, and that nonvoting             
 member will not be reimbursed for per diem and travel expenses.               
                                                                               
  (2)  The requirement that the board administer a written                     
 examination at least twice a year has been changed to at least once           
 a year.                                                                       
                                                                               
  (3)  A new definition for "landscape architect" has been                     
 included in the committee substitute.                                         
                                                                               
  (4)  Sections 33 & 34 in the original bill were deleted in the               
 committee substitute.                                                         
                                                                               
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 SENATOR KELLY asked George Davidson the position of the Board of              
 Architects, Engineers and Land Surveyors on the committee                     
 substitute.  GEEORGE DAVIDSON responded that there were five                  
 members on the teleconference in the morning, and three of the five           
 endorse the changes and two were undecided.                                   
                                                                               
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 SENATOR RIEGER asked if with the committee substitute, people who             
 just do ordinary landscaping are still able to do that.  SENATOR              
 LITTLE answered that was correct.  There is a specific definition             
 in statute for "landscape contractors," however, it is not in this            
 legislation.  She added there is a big separation between a                   
 landscape contractor and landscape architect and that is clearly              
 defined.                                                                      
                                                                               
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 SENATOR RIEGER moved that CSSB 305(L&C) be adopted.  Hearing no               
 objection, the motion carried.                                                
                                                                               
 SENATOR RIEGER moved that CSSB 305(L&C) be passed out of committee            
 with individual recommendations.  Hearing no objection, it was so             
 ordered.