06 LC 36
0245S
The
Senate Regulated Industries and Utilities Committee offered the following
substitute to SB 599:
A
BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
AN ACT
To
amend Chapter 15 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating
to professional engineers and land surveyors, so as to change a definition; to
change requirements for eligibility for certification as a land
surveyor-in-training and for a certificate of registration as a land surveyor;
to provide for related matters; to repeal conflicting laws; and for other
purposes.
BE
IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF GEORGIA:
SECTION
1.
Chapter
15 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to
professional engineers and land surveyors, is amended by striking subparagraph
(D) of paragraph (6) of Code Section 43-15-2, relating to definitions, and
inserting a new subparagraph to read as follows:
"(D)
The design, platting, and layout,
incidental
to
including
subdivisions
of any
tract of land by a land surveyor,
of:
(i)
Grading plans and site plans;
(ii)
Erosion and sediment control plans, including detention ponds, provided that no
impoundment shall be designed on a live (perennial) stream; provided, further,
that such detention ponds:
(I)
Contain no more than five acre-feet of water storage at maximum pool (top of
dam) or are no more than ten feet in height for a dry storage pond;
(II)
Are no more than six feet in height for a permanent (wet) storage pond;
or
(III)
Contain no more than three acre-feet of water storage at maximum pool (top of
dam) if the height is more than ten feet but less than 13 feet for a dry storage
pond;
(iii)(ii)
Storm water management plans and facilities, including hydrologic studies
and
temporary sediment basins, provided that the contributing drainage area shall
not be larger than 100
acres,
including erosion, sedimentation, and pollution control plans, retention ponds,
water quality ponds and facilities, and any artificial barrier which is not in
excess of six feet in height regardless of storage capacity or which has a
storage capacity at maximum water storage elevation not in excess of 15
acre-feet regardless of height;
and
(iv)(iii)
Extension of existing water distribution piping and gravity
sewers,
eight inches in diameter or smaller, provided that off-site length shall not
exceed 1,000 feet, the design and construction of which shall conform to the
local government ordinances and regulations, and such extensions shall be
subjected to the review and approval of a local government which has been
delegated approval authority by the Environmental Protection Division of the
Department of Natural Resources
not to include
lift stations, pump stations, tanks, or other mechanical fixtures or
structures;"
SECTION
2.
Said
chapter is further amended by striking Code Section 43-15-12, relating to land
surveyor-in-training certificates, and inserting in its place a new Code section
to read as follows:
"43-15-12.
(a)
To be eligible for certification as a land surveyor-in-training, an applicant
applying prior
to July 1, 2008, must meet the following
minimum requirements:
(1)(A)
Earn a
bacheloŕs
degree in a curriculum approved by the board;
or
(B)
Earn an associate degree, or its equivalent, in a curriculum approved by the
board and acquire not less than two years of combined office and field
experience in land surveying of a nature satisfactory to the board;
or
(C)
Earn a high school diploma, or its equivalent and acquire not less than four
yearś
experience in land surveying of a nature satisfactory to the board;
and
(2)
Acquire a minimum of
15
quarter
12
semester
hourś
credit, or its equivalent, in land surveying subjects in a course of study
approved by the board; provided, however, that
on and
after January 1, 1995, the minimum requirement shall be 20 quarter
hourś
credit, five of which shall be
three semester
hours are in hydrology; and
(3)
Subsequently pass the
board́s
written examination in the fundamentals of land surveying (land
surveyor-in-training examination)
or any other
examination as may be approved and required by the
board.
(b)
To be eligible for certification as a land surveyor-in-training, an applicant
applying on or after July 1, 2008, must meet the following minimum
requirements:
(1)(A)
Earn a
bacheloŕs
degree in a curriculum approved by the board and acquire a minimum of 18
semester hours in land surveying subjects, including a minimum of three semester
hours of hydrology;
(B)
Earn an associate degree, or its equivalent, in a curriculum approved by the
board and acquire a minimum of 18 semester hours in land surveying subjects,
including a minimum of three semester hours of hydrology, and acquire not less
than four years of combined office and field experience in land surveying of a
nature satisfactory to the board; or
(C)
Earn a high school diploma, or its equivalent, and acquire not less than eight
years of progressive practical experience under a practicing professional land
surveyor of a nature satisfactory to the board;
(2)
Acquire a minimum of 18 semester hours in land surveying subjects, including a
minimum of three semester hours in hydrology, from a curriculum approved by the
board; and
(3)
Subsequently pass the Fundamentals of Land Surveying (FLS) examination or any
other examination as may be approved and required by the
board."
SECTION
3.
Said
chapter is further amended by striking Code Section 43-15-13, relating to land
surveyor certificates of registration, and inserting in its place a new Code
section to read as follows:
"43-15-13.
(a)
To be eligible for a certificate of registration as a land surveyor, an
applicant
applying
before July 1, 2010, must meet the
following minimum requirements:
(1)(A)
Obtain certification as a land surveyor-in-training under subparagraph
(A) of
paragraph (1) and paragraph (3)
(a)(1)(A) and
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a)
of Code Section 43-15-12;
(B)
Acquire a specific record of the equivalent of not less than four years of
combined office and field experience in land surveying with a minimum of three
yearś
experience in responsible charge of land surveying projects under the
supervision of a registered land surveyor or such other supervision deemed by
the board to be the equivalent thereof; and
(C)
Subsequently pass a written examination on the principles and practices of land
surveying
and
or any other
examination as may be approved and required by the board and a written
examination on the laws of this state
relating to land surveying (land surveyor examination);
(2)(A)
Obtain certification as a land surveyor-in-training under subparagraph
(B) of
paragraph (1) and paragraph (3)
(a)(1)(B) and
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a)
of Code Section 43-15-12;
(B)
Acquire an additional specific record of the equivalent of not less than four
years of combined office and field experience in land surveying which, together
with the qualifying experience under subparagraph
(B) of
paragraph (1)
(a)(1)(B)
of Code Section 43-15-12, includes not less than four
yearś
experience in responsible charge of land surveying projects under the
supervision of a registered land surveyor or such other supervision deemed by
the board to be the equivalent thereof; and
(C)
Subsequently pass a written examination on the principles and practices of land
surveying
and
(PLS) or any
other examination as may be approved and required by the board and a written
examination on the laws of Georgia
relating to land surveying (land surveyor examination); or
(3)(A)
Obtain certification as a land surveyor-in-training under subparagraph
(C) of
paragraph (1) and paragraph (3)
(a)(1)(C) and
paragraphs (2) and (3) of subsection (a)
of Code Section 43-15-12;
(B)
Acquire an additional specific record of not less than four years of experience
in land surveying which, together with the qualifying experience under
subparagraph
(C) of
paragraph (1)
(a)(1)(C)
of Code Section 43-15-12, includes not less than six
yearś
experience in responsible charge of land surveying under the supervision of a
registered land surveyor or such other supervision deemed by the board to be the
equivalent thereof and of a grade and character satisfactory to the board
indicating that the applicant is competent to practice land surveying;
and
(C)
Subsequently pass a written examination on the principles and practices of land
surveying
and
(PLS) or any
other examination as may be approved and required by the board and a written
examination on the laws of this state
relating to land surveying (land surveyor examination).
(b)
To be eligible for a certificate of registration as a land surveyor, an
applicant applying on or after July 1, 2010, must meet the following minimum
requirements:
(1)(A)
Obtain certification as a land surveyor-in-training under subparagraph (b)(1)(A)
of Code Section 43-15-12;
(B)
Acquire a specific record of the equivalent of not less than four years of
combined office and field experience in land surveying with a minimum of three
yearś
experience in responsible charge of land surveying projects under the
supervision of a registered land surveyor or such other supervision deemed by
the board to be the equivalent thereof; and
(C)
Subsequently pass a written examination on the principles and practices of land
surveying (PLS) or any other examination as may be approved and required by the
board and a written examination on the laws of this state relating to land
surveying (land surveyor examination);
(2)(A)
Obtain certification as a land surveyor-in-training under subparagraph (b)(1)(B)
of Code Section 43-15-12;
(B)
Acquire an additional specific record of the equivalent of not less than four
years of combined office and field experience in land surveying which, together
with the qualifying experience under subparagraph (b)(1)(B) of Code Section
43-15-12, includes not less than four
yearś
experience in responsible charge of land surveying projects under the
supervision of a registered land surveyor or such other supervision deemed by
the board to be the equivalent thereof; and
(C)
Subsequently pass a written examination on the principles and practices of land
surveying (PLS) or any other examination as may be approved and required by the
board and a written examination on the laws of this state relating to land
surveying (land surveyor examination); or
(3)(A)
Obtain certification as a land surveyor-in-training under subparagraph (b)(1)(C)
of Code Section 43-15-12;
(B)
Acquire an additional specific record of not less than four years of experience
in land surveying which, together with the qualifying experience under
subparagraph (b)(1)(C) of Code Section 43-15-12, includes not less than eight
yearś
experience in responsible charge of land surveying under the supervision of a
registered land surveyor or such other supervision deemed by the board to be the
equivalent thereof and of a grade and character satisfactory to the board
indicating that the applicant is competent to practice land surveying;
and
(C)
Subsequently pass a written examination on the principles and practices of land
surveying (PLS) or any other examination as may be approved and required by the
board and a written examination on the laws of this state relating to land
surveying (land surveyor
examination)."
SECTION
4.
All
laws and parts of laws in conflict with this Act are repealed.