ARCHITECT, ENGINEER, & SURVEYOR S.B. 954:
SUMMARY AS ENROLLED
Sponsor: Senator Darwin L. Booher
Senate Committee: Regulatory Reform
House Committee: Regulatory Reform
CONTENT
The bill would amend Article 20 of the Occupational Code (which regulates the practice and licensure of architects, professional engineers, and land surveyors) to repeal Section 2005 of the Code, which prescribes examination requirements for architects, professional engineers, and professional surveyors, and reenact criteria related to professional experience and education.
Specifically, Section 2005 establishes requirements for a person to be examined as an architect, professional engineer, or professional surveyor; requires the examinations to be given at least once a year; requires an applicant to be notified in writing of his or her test results; and provides that all requirements for licensure must be completed within 10 years after the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs receives the application. The bill would reenact requirements related to education and experience in Section 2004, which prescribes licensure criteria for architects, professional engineers, and professional surveyors.
For licensure as an architect, the bill would reenact a requirement that a person provide evidence of completion of a first professional degree or further degree in architecture satisfactory to the Board of Architects. Currently, Section 2004 requires an individual to provide documentation of at least eight years of professional experience in architectural work satisfactory to the Board, including not more than six years of education. The bill, instead, would require a person to provide documentation of professional experience in architectural work satisfactory to the Board.
For licensure as a professional engineer or professional surveyor, the bill would reenact and, in the case of a professional engineer, modify requirements that an individual provide documentation of at least eight years of professional experience of engineering work acceptable to the Board of Professional Engineers or at least eight years of professional surveying acceptable to the Board of Professional Surveyors, as applicable, including not more than five years of education (rather than the current six-year limit) for a professional engineer or not more than five years of education for a professional surveyor. The bill also would reenact requirements that the person provide evidence of completion of a bachelor's degree in engineering from an accredited program or its equivalent, or a degree in professional surveying, as applicable, acceptable to the relevant Board.
Section 2005 requires an applicant for examination as a professional engineer or professional surveyor to provide at least five references, including three from professional engineers or professional surveyors, as applicable, who have personal knowledge of the applicant's professional experience. The bill would not reenact these requirements, and would delete similar requirements for an architect from Section 2004.
The bill would take effect 90 days after its enactment.
MCL 339.2004 Legislative Analyst: Drew Krogulecki
FISCAL IMPACT
The bill would have no fiscal impact on State or local government.
This analysis was prepared by nonpartisan Senate staff for use by the Senate in its deliberations and does not constitute an official statement of legislative intent.