H 3727 Session 111 (1995-1996)
H 3727 General Bill, By Bailey, Askins, H. Brown, Cato, Clyburn, Dantzler,
Delleney, Gamble, Harvin, R.J. Herdklotz, H.G. Hutson, Knotts, Law, Littlejohn,
Mason, J.G. McAbee, McCraw, Riser, J.S. Shissias, Simrill, J.W. Tucker, Walker,
Wilder, D. Williams, S.S. Wofford, D.A. Wright and Young-Brickell
Similar(S 532)
A Bill to amend Section 40-22-350, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976,
relating to renewal registrations and fees for professional engineers and
professional land surveyors, so as to authorize the State Board of
Registration for Professional Engineer and Land Surveyors to promulgate
regulations requiring demonstration of competence for registration renewal.
03/02/95 House Introduced and read first time HJ-8
03/02/95 House Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce and
Industry HJ-8
04/04/95 House Tabled in committee Labor, Commerce and Industry
A BILL
TO AMEND SECTION 40-22-350, CODE OF LAWS OF SOUTH
CAROLINA, 1976, RELATING TO RENEWAL
REGISTRATIONS AND FEES FOR PROFESSIONAL
ENGINEERS AND PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYORS, SO
AS TO AUTHORIZE THE STATE BOARD OF REGISTRATION
FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS
TO PROMULGATE REGULATIONS REQUIRING
DEMONSTRATION OF COMPETENCE FOR REGISTRATION
RENEWAL.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina:
SECTION 1. Section 40-22-350 of the 1976 Code, as added by
Act 99 of 1991, is amended to read:
"Section 40-22-350. (A) Every
A certified professional engineer and a professional
land surveyor registered under the provisions of this chapter
who decides to continue the practice of his the
profession shall annually during the month of June,
shall pay the board a fee, sufficient to support the
costs of the board's operations, to be determined by the
board by regulation, for which fee a renewal registration
card for the ensuing registration year must be issued.
(B) The board shall assess a late renewal penalty of
twenty percent of the annual renewal fee against those persons who
do not renew their registration within one month of the annual
renewal date. The penalty must be assessed for each two months
thereafter with a maximum grace period of three months following
the annual renewal date.
(C) Those persons not renewing their licenses within
three months following the annual renewal date shall file a new
application accompanied by the required application fee or,
if they are in a position to do so, shall file a notarized
affidavit with the board certifying that they have not been engaged
in the practice of engineering or land surveying in South Carolina
during the period their certificates were not in a current condition,
accompanied by the total amount of unpaid renewal fees and
penalties. An individual whose certificate has lapsed due to
nonpayment of the required renewal fee within three months of the
due date is considered in the same category as a previously
unregistered person and, at the board's discretion, may be required
to pass an oral or written examination as a condition of relicensing.
(D) The board may promulgate regulations that as a
condition of renewal or re-registration a registered professional
engineer must demonstrate continuing professional competency in
engineering and a registered professional land surveyor must
demonstrate continuing professional competency in land
surveying."
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon approval by the
Governor.
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