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UTAH STATE SENATE

UTAH STATE CAPITOL COMPLEX * 320 STATE CAPITOL

P.O. BOX 145115 * SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH 84114-5115 * (801) 538-1035

        February 21, 2008

Mr. President:

    The Business and Labor Committee reports a favorable recommendation on S.B. 200, PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS LICENSING AMENDMENTS, by Senator F. Fife, with the following amendments:

1.    Page 4, Line 115 through Page 5, Line 142 :    

             115          (E) jails and detention facilities

  with a gross area greater than 3,000 square feet       ; or

             116          (F) an occupancy with an occupant load greater than 5,000;
             117          (ii) buildings and other structures designated as essential facilities, including:
             118          (A) hospitals and other health care facilities having surgery or emergency treatment
             119      facilities
  with a gross area greater than 3,000 square feet       ;

             120          (B) fire, rescue, and police stations and emergency vehicle garages
  with a mean height greater than 24 feet or a gross area greater than 5,000 square feet       ;

             121          (C) designated earthquake, hurricane, or other emergency shelters wth a
  gross area greater than 3,000 square feet       ;

             122          (D) designated emergency preparedness, communication, and operation centers and
             123      other buildings required for emergency response
  witha mean height more than 24 feet or a gross area greater than 5,000 square feet       ;

             124          (E) power-generating stations and other public utility facilities required as emergency
             125      backup facilities
  with a gross area greater than 3,000 square feet       ;

             126          (F) structures
  with a mean height more than 24 feet or a gross area greater

than 5,000 square feet       containing highly toxic materials as defined by the division by rule,


             127      where the quantity of the material exceeds the maximum allowable quantities set by the
             128      division by rule;
  and      

             129          (G) aviation control towers, air traffic control centers, and emergency aircraft hangars
  at commercial service and cargo air services airports as defined by the Federal Aviation Administration with a mean height greater than 35 feet or a gross area greater than 20,000 square feet       ;

             130
{  
     or
             131          (H) buildings having critical national defense functions;  
}
and
             132          (iii) buildings and other structures requiring special consideration, including:
             133          (A) structures or buildings that are:
             134          (I) normally occupied by human beings; and
             135          (II) five stories or more in height; or
             136          (III) that have an average roof height more than 60 feet above the average ground level
             137      measured at the perimeter of the structure; or
             138          (B) all buildings over 60,000 aggregate gross square feet in area; and
             139          (b)
  includes the definition of       professional engineering or the practice of professional engineering as      {   defined in

             140      this section  
}
  provided in Subsection (9)       .

             141          (15) "Structure" means that which is built or constructed, an edifice or building of any
             142      kind, or [any] a piece of work artificially built up or composed of parts joined together in

2.    Page 6, Lines 179 through 180 :    

             179          (e) have successfully completed three years of licensed professional engineering
             180      experience established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board
  , except that prior to January 1, 2009, an applicant for licensure may submit a signed affidavit in a form prescribed by the division stating that the applicant is currently engaged in the practice of structural engineering       ;


3.    Page 6, Line 182 through Page 7, Line 187 :    

             182      collaboration with the board[; and], except that prior to January 1, 2009, an applicant for


             183      licensure may submit a signed affidavit in a form prescribed by the division stating
{   :

             184          (i)  
}
that the applicant is currently engaged in the practice of structural engineering;
{   and

             185          (ii) the applicant is competent to engage in the practice of structural engineering as
             186      defined in Section 58-22-102 ;  
}
and
             187          (g) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose

4.    Page 10, Line 305 through Page 11, Line 307 :    

             305          (4) engaging in the practice of engineering, structural engineering, or surveying as set
             306      forth in Subsections 58-22-102 (9), (11), and (14),
  if the person has not been licensed under this chapter,       except as provided in Section 58-1-307 or

             307      Subsections 58-3a-304 (1)(b) through (f); or

        Respectfully,

        Kevin T. VanTassell
        Committee Chair

Voting: 3-0-4
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