S.B. 79

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LAND SURVEYOR AMENDMENTS
2 2002 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Gene Davis
5 This act modifies the Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors Licensing Act by
6 sunsetting the option of persons seeking licensure as professional land surveyors to substitute
7 a program of qualifying experience for the educational requirement. The act also makes
8 technical changes.
9 This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
10 AMENDS:
11 58-22-302, as last amended by Chapter 133, Laws of Utah 1998
12 Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
13 Section 1. Section 58-22-302 is amended to read:
14 58-22-302. Qualifications for licensure.
15 (1) Each applicant for licensure as a professional engineer shall:
16 (a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
17 (b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
18 (c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
19 (d) [(i)] have graduated and received an earned bachelors or masters degree from an
20 engineering program meeting criteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with the
21 board; [or]
22 [(ii) have completed the Transportation Engineering Technology and Fundamental
23 Engineering College Program prior to July 1, 1998, under the direction of the Utah Department
24 of Transportation and as certified by the Utah Department of Transportation;]
25 (e) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience established by rule
26 by the division in collaboration with the board;
27 (f) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in

28 collaboration with the board; and
29 (g) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of
30 evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
31 (2) Each applicant for licensure as a professional structural engineer shall:
32 (a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
33 (b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
34 (c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
35 (d) have graduated and received an earned bachelors or masters degree from an
36 engineering program meeting criteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with the
37 board;
38 (e) have successfully completed three years of licensed professional engineering
39 experience established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board;
40 (f) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in
41 collaboration with the board; and
42 (g) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of
43 evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
44 (3) Each applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall:
45 (a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
46 (b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
47 (c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
48 (d) (i) have graduated and received an earned associates, bachelors, or masters degree from
49 a land surveying program, or an equivalent land surveying program, established by rule by the
50 division in collaboration with the board; or
51 [(e)] (ii) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience in land surveying
52 prior to January 1, 2005, in accordance with rules established [by rule] by the division in
53 collaboration with the board;
54 [(f)] (e) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience in land surveying
55 established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board, which experience is in addition
56 to any experience obtained in Subsection (3)[(e)](d)(ii);
57 [(g)] (f) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in
58 collaboration with the board; and

59 [(h)] (g) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose
60 of evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
61 (4) Each applicant for licensure by endorsement shall:
62 (a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
63 (b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
64 (c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
65 (d) submit satisfactory evidence of:
66 (i) current licensure in good standing in a jurisdiction recognized by rule by the division
67 in collaboration with the board; and
68 (ii) have successfully passed any examination established by rule by the division in
69 collaboration with the board; and
70 (iii) full-time employment as a licensed professional engineer, professional structural
71 engineer, or professional land surveyor as a principal for at least five of the last seven years
72 immediately preceding the date of the application; and
73 (e) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose of
74 evaluating the applicant's qualifications for license.




Legislative Review Note
as of 1-14-02 9:09 PM

A limited legal review of this legislation raises no obvious constitutional or statutory concerns.

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