First Substitute S.B. 92

Senator Howard A. Stephenson proposes the following substitute bill:

1 LAND SURVEYOR AMENDMENTS
2 2003 GENERAL SESSION
3 STATE OF UTAH
4 Sponsor: Howard A. Stephenson

5 Gene Davis

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

Text Box
- 2 -

Senate 3^rd Reading Amendments 1-24-2003 rd/jlw 26

(e) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience established by rule
27 by the division in collaboration with the board;
28 (f) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in
29 collaboration with the board; and
30 (g) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose
31 of evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
32 (2) Each applicant for licensure as a professional structural engineer shall:
33 (a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
34 (b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
35 (c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
36 (d) have graduated and received an earned bachelors or masters degree from an
37 engineering program meeting criteria established by rule by the division in collaboration with
38 the board;
39 (e) have successfully completed three years of licensed professional engineering
40 experience established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board;
41 (f) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in
42 collaboration with the board; and
43 (g) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose
44 of evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
45 (3) Each applicant for licensure as a professional land surveyor shall:
46 (a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
47 (b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
48 (c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
49 (d) (i) have graduated and received an [earned] associates, bachelors, or masters degree
50 from a land surveying program, or an equivalent land surveying program, S SUCH AS A PROGRAM
50a OFFERED BY THE UTAH COLLEGE OF APPLIED TECHNOLOGY AS APPROVED BY THE STATE
50b BOARD OF REGENTS, s established by rule by
51 the division in collaboration with the board, and have successfully completed a program of
52 qualifying experience in land surveying established by rule by the division in collaboration
53 with the board; or
54 [(e)] (ii) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience in land

55 surveying prior to January 1, 2007, in accordance with rules established [by rule] by the
56 division in collaboration with the board;

Text Box
- 3 - 57 [(f) have successfully completed a program of qualifying experience in land surveying
58 established by rule by the division in collaboration with the board, which experience is in
59 addition to any experience obtained in Subsection (3)(e);]
60 [(g)] (e) have successfully passed examinations established by rule by the division in
61 collaboration with the board; and
62 [(h)] (f) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the
63 purpose of evaluating the applicant's qualification for licensure.
64 (4) Each applicant for licensure by endorsement shall:
65 (a) submit an application in a form prescribed by the division;
66 (b) pay a fee determined by the department under Section 63-38-3.2 ;
67 (c) provide satisfactory evidence of good moral character;
68 (d) submit satisfactory evidence of:
69 (i) current licensure in good standing in a jurisdiction recognized by rule by the
70 division in collaboration with the board; [and]
71 (ii) [have] having successfully passed any examination established by rule by the
72 division in collaboration with the board; and
73 (iii) full-time employment as a licensed professional engineer, professional structural
74 engineer, or professional land surveyor as a principal for at least five of the last seven years
75 immediately preceding the date of the application; and
76 (e) meet with the board or representative of the division upon request for the purpose
77 of evaluating the applicant's qualifications for license.
78 (5) The rules made to implement this section shall be in accordance with Title 63,
79 Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.